New Bern Obituary Index

The New Bern Obituary Index helps users find obituaries or death notices located in the newspapers of New Bern. The dates given in the index are the dates of the obituary or death notice, not the actual dates of death.

The Obituary Index includes obituaries and death notices from 1751 through the current year.

Also included are several obituary "hoaxes" or death notices of people who were actually still living. Two such cases are the "obituaries" of Jimmie Lillian Roll in 1968 and John Koonce in 1888. For the trivia buff, the shortest name in our database is Ben, a slave, whose death was reported on April 25 and 26, 1848. The longest name in our database is Byron Hiram Ariom Long Myram William John Adrian Livingston Corbett, whose death is reported in the Tribune of August 17, 1935.

Copies of the obituaries or death notices listed in the index can be obtained by sending a check or money order for $2.00 for each notice to:

Kellenberger Room
New Bern-Craven County Public Library
400 Johnson Street
New Bern, NC 28560

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Order by: ID A-Z ID Z-A Published A-Z Published Z-A Last Name A-Z Last Name Z-A First Name A-Z First Name Z-A Middle/Maiden Name A-Z Middle/Maiden Name Z-A Year Min-Max Year Max-Min

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Year	Search	Clear

Records Found: 185612

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Willis	Timothy		1	30	1931	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Minnie	Ray "Peggy"	1	5	1932	MNB	1	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Bertha	Scott (Mrs. Luther)	8	6	1925	MNB	1	3	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Lester		7	14	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Woodrow	Wilson	8	5	1996	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Herman	Keith	2	14	1973	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Philip	A., Jr.	5	19	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	John		7	15	1965	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Bessie	Pauline	1	10	1969	SJ	13	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lester	Asa	7	23	1976	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Zuelekia		3	25	1968	SJ	11	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Emma	Julia	8	27	1959	SJ	13	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Rebecca	Lee [d. 2007]	6	29	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lester	Bryan	7	15	1994	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Bryan	I.	6	22	1959	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ernul	K.	9	26	1967	SJ	3	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Betty	Lou	7	10	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lester	M.	9	16	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Minnie	Ray "Peggy"	1	6	1932	MNB	5	8	newspapers#mnb
Willis	David		2	21	1924	SJ	5	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Clifton	Vance	5	11	1966	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Betty	Lou	8	6	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Levi	Frost	6	12	1968	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	John		7	16	1965	SJ	11	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Betty	Lou	8	7	2002	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj