Reverend Deacon Theorphlis "Top" Marzetta Borden

Authors

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Publication Date

2-4-2026

Birth Date

1-27-1934

Death Date

1-2026

City

Cincinnati, Ohio;

Officiant(s)

Reverend Kristin Uffelman White; Reverend Michael B. Curry;

Church

Christ Church Cathedral Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio;

Funeral Home

Renfro Patterson & Jordan Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Ohio;

Cemetery

Oak Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Note

Funeral Program provided by the Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center

Keywords

Born in Bessemer, Alabama; Relocated to Lincoln Heights, Ohio in 1940; attended St. Simon’s School, a ministry of the Sisters of the Transfiguration, and South Woodlawn School; St. Simon of Cyrene Episcopal Church, one of the diocese’s historically Black congregations; graduated from Wyoming High School in Wyoming, Ohio in 1951; Attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio ; transferred to Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; studied Business Education and Speech Pathology; Christ Church Cathedral Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio; Renfro Patterson & Jordan Funeral Home, Cincinnati. Ohio; Oak Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Recommended Citation

"Reverend Deacon Theorphlis "Top" Marzetta Borden" (2026). African American Funeral Programs. 15479.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/willowhillheritage-obituaries/15479