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	Winifred	Taylor	7	1	2005	SJ	B2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Gladys		4	16	1946	SJ	3	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Chris	Alan	3	8	2020	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Tracey	Dawn	5	17	1963	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Margaret	Carter	5	22	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	McDonald, Mrs.	J.	5	10	1945	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	George		3	10	1901	NBDJ	4	3	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Margaret	Carter	5	23	2001	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ivey		7	3	1959	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Katie	Garner	2	19	1960	SJ	16	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	J.	W.	1	28	1930	SJ	5	5,6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Margaret	M.	4	27	1938	Tribune	2	5	newspapers#trib
Willis	John	Edward	7	3	1959	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	A.	Elijah	4	23	1932	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Ella	J.	3	7	1941	SJ	4	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Betty	(Mrs. Asa)	7	29	1897	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Florence		5	12	1942	SJ	4	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Carolyn	Brewer (Mrs. Albert T., Jr.)	3	9	2019	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	D.	S.	4	7	1859	DP	2	2	newspapers#dp
Willis	Marietta	Dunn	8	2	1979	SJ	2A	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ella	Styron	1	21	1956	SJ	11	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	David	E.	8	9	1901	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	William	H.	12	31	1951	SJ	8	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Elvin		10	18	1939	SJ	6	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Betsy	(Mrs. Asa)	7	28	1897	NBDJ	2	2	newspapers#nbdj