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	Laura	Jane	10	23	1950	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Reginald	Jr.	1	20	1943	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Tucker		2	9	1940	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Edith	Emaline	10	4	1967	SJ	16	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Christian, Mrs.		8	11	1887	CartRecord	1	4	newspapers#weeklyrecord
Willis	M.	V.	2	10	1923	MNB	4	3	newspapers#mnb
Willis		[infant]	1	20	1943	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Van	F.	12	11	2009	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Gib, Mrs.		3	1	1963	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Christiana	F.	8	30	1910	Sun	1	4	newspapers#sun
Willis	Mabel		6	12	1962	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lenwood	Darrell	10	8	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Christiana	F.	8	31	1910	Sun	8	3	newspapers#sun
Willis	Macon		7	28	1950	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Timothy		2	7	1931	MNB	1	8	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Lizzie	Coston (Mrs. W.H.)	8	27	1909	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Willie	McDonald "Billy"	1	31	2017	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	William	R.	12	28	1951	SJ	7	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mary	Dora Ireland	5	5	2010	SJ	4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Cissie	Davis	7	28	1887	CartRecord	1	1	newspapers#weeklyrecord
Willis	Mae	Belle	7	2	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Robert	Earl	6	1	1960	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mary	Ireland (Mrs. Herbert G., Jr.)	5	6	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Claude	M.	6	29	1973	SJ	8	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Major	James	2	23	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj