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	Frederick, Mrs.		4	18	1922	MNB	3	1,2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Pennsylvania		6	11	1939	Tribune	5	3	newspapers#trib
Willis	Eloise	Simpkins "Boots"	11	18	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Garland		10	12	1951	SJ	6	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Eva		4	3	1900	NBWJ	4	3	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Travis		6	23	1936	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Eloise	Simpkins "Boots"	11	19	1983	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Julian	Belle	2	10	1970	SJ	2	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	George		8	29	1910	Sun	8	3	newspapers#sun
Willis	Phillip	Augustus	9	18	1917	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Norman	Hardison	9	26	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Joe		10	18	1961	SJ	16	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Phillip	Augustus	9	19	1917	SJ	6	3	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ina	B.	6	19	1930	MNB	3	1	newspapers#mnb
Willis	McDonald		6	16	1949	SJ	6	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Howe	Douglas	11	27	1967	SJ	16	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	William "Bill"	Gray	3	7	1962	SJ	5	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	P., III	5	6	1968	SJ	17	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Phillip	Augustus	9	20	1917	SJ (sw)	3	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	Thomas	Hardy	5	11	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	David	S.	4	2	1896	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	George	Phillip	3	13	1972	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Phillip	Augustus	10	25	1917	SJ	1	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	Martin	Ross	4	4	1924	SJ	3	5	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mitchell		4	23	1925	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj