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	Nancy	(Mrs. M.C.)	3	22	1901	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	William		3	6	1900	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Fred		12	3	1948	SJ	3	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Sadie	Frances	5	21	1962	SJ	4	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Eva	Pake	5	29	1961	SJ	10	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Dola		10	4	1961	SJ	4	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Emily		2	6	1914	NBDJ	1	5	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Monroe		1	17	1918	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Willie		3	2	1960	SJ	12	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	Banister		3	6	1900	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Letha	Simpson	5	19	1946	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Julian	Dewey	9	30	1965	SJ	20	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Emily		2	10	1914	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Monroe		1	17	1918	MNB	6	4	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Thomas	Earl	6	14	1930	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Thelma		10	8	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Effie		3	6	1900	NBWJ	4	5	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Elsie	Bateman	11	28	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Jennie		8	18	1943	SJ	2	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Charlotte	Guthrie	2	7	1942	SJ	7	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	David, Mrs		6	2	1939	SJ	8	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	E.	E.	10	31	1939	SJ	4	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Rebecca		7	30	1895	NBDJ	1	6	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Emily	D.	3	20	1975	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Myra	Louise	10	3	1923	MNB	1	5	newspapers#mnb