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	McKinley		1	19	1947	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Emily	D.	3	21	1975	SJ	2A	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Myrtis	Lee	5	7	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Emma		5	1	1926	MNB	1	2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Sara	Elizabeth	4	14	1958	SJ	4	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Loren		3	31	1972	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Emma		8	25	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Nancy		9	29	1938	Tribune	3	4	newspapers#trib
Willis	George		5	2	1960	SJ	11	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	William	Godwin	7	16	1957	SJ	7	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ora		1	30	1945	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Alyce	Simpkins	5	11	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Nancy	Delores	11	18	1971	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Jane	(Mrs. Edgar)	6	2	1882	Cart Telephone	3	4	newspapers#telephone
Willis	Theodore	R.	2	17	1973	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Edward		9	26	1946	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lila	Davis	7	1	1967	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Rupert	Earl	2	6	1970	SJ	2	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Emma		10	13	1973	SJ	2	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Nellie	Bowden (Mrs. A.R.)	11	19	1927	MNB	1	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Alyce	Simpkins	5	12	2015	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Nellie	Wise	1	22	1975	SJ	2A	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ella	Fulcher	10	24	1958	SJ	8	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Jack, Mrs.		5	31	1926	SJ	3	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Donna	Marie	11	4	1955	SJ	5	8	newspapers#sj