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	Lovie		3	10	1972	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Arah	L.	6	5	1883	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Tucker		2	8	1940	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charles	Edward	5	18	1939	Tribune	1	8	newspapers#trib
Willis	Lucy	Guthrie	1	3	1969	SJ	11	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Christopher	Slimmer	4	11	1964	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Warren		10	19	1964	SJ	9	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charles	Edward	5	20	1939	Tribune	1	4	newspapers#trib
Willis	Needham		9	9	1904	NBWJ	4	1	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	T.	C., Mrs.	8	6	1926	SJ	7	3,4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charles	M.	11	9	1951	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Bettie	Lou	8	8	1946	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	John	Bonner	3	20	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charles	Meads, Jr.	5	5	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Luther	P.	7	22	1922	MNB	1	5,6	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Martin	Luther	8	8	1957	SJ	14	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	J.	S. [see also John S. Wilkins]	10	12	1886	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Manly		3	23	1944	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charlie	Meads	6	13	1981	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Luther	P.	7	23	1922	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Mary		11	18	1881	Cart Telephone	3	4	newspapers#telephone
Willis	John	William	11	5	1954	SJ	5	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Reginald, Mrs.		1	20	1943	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lena	Gillikin	1	4	1965	SJ	10	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	John	Thomas	2	28	1963	SJ	14	4	newspapers#sj