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	Claude	W.	7	31	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Olivia	Gertrude Petteway [Mrs. Henry]	12	11	1957	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	David	W.	2	14	1953	SJ	5	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Clayton		5	30	1937	Tribune	5	2	newspapers#trib
Willis	Mamie		7	27	1961	SJ	3	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	David	E.	8	9	1901	NBWJ	1	2	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Jimmy		12	25	1940	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ramona	Ireland	1	17	2021	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Blanche	Simpson	11	16	1965	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charles	William	8	10	1964	SJ	12	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Clement	Manley	2	19	1951	SJ	6	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	James	Taylor	6	12	1958	SJ	18	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	James	Miller	6	10	1967	SJ	12	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ida	Robinson	12	23	1964	SJ	7	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Cletus		4	9	1935	Tribune	1	3	newspapers#trib
Willis	Mamie	Clark	12	26	1969	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mary	Winona	8	9	1901	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Orlando	"Skebo"	8	22	2010	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Cletus	E.	4	7	1935	Tribune	1	4	newspapers#trib
Willis	Mamie	F.	2	6	1980	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Leah	Dee	8	20	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Millard	Fillmore	4	13	1963	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mollie		3	27	1962	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Clifford, Mrs.		1	26	1939	Tribune	5	7,8	newspapers#trib
Willis	Margaret	Carter	2	18	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj