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	George	Raymond	9	10	1940	Tribune	5	6,7	newspapers#trib
Willis	Phillip	Augustus [three entries on page]	9	19	1917	SJ	3	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ina	B.	6	19	1930	MNB	3	2	newspapers#mnb
Willis	James		2	16	1933	SJ	3	7	newspapers#sj
Willis	Hazel	Gardner	1	25	2022	SJ	4A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Curtis	Thomas	2	12	1970	SJ	2	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	Samuel	3	5	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Phyllis	B.	11	25	1985	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Clem	M.	6	17	1965	SJ	11	6	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	T.	9	12	1932	SJ	--	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Quenton	N.	1	2	1987	SJ	2A	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mary	S. (Mrs. Frank)	11	21	2018	SJ	A6	--	newspapers#sj
Willis	William	Westley	2	18	1928	SJ	6	2	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	T., Jr.	12	21	1916	MNB	5	5	newspapers#mnb
Willis	R.	A.	6	13	1910	Sun	8	3	newspapers#sun
Willis	Hubert	E.	12	28	1934	SJ	3	8	newspapers#sj
Willis	David	S. [two entries in column]	4	9	1896	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Joseph		10	20	1961	SJ	12	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	George	T., Jr.	12	21	1916	SJ	5	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Ralph	L.	3	28	1975	SJ	2A	4	newspapers#sj
Willis	Susan	Jane Wallace (Mrs. Samuel Whitehurst)	12	4	1932	MNB	1	7	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Frank		2	14	1903	NBDJ	1	1	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Mitchell		5	2	1925	SJ	3	1	newspapers#sj
Willis	David	S. [Sr. - died 1859]	4	9	1896	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Annie		8	6	1939	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj