Eric Garner

Eric Garner was born in Florida and introduced to the Gospel by a friend following his freshman year of college at the University of Florida. He decided to join the Church that summer, and left that fall to attend Ricks College in Idaho. It was in Rexburg that he met Gloria King, they would later marry in the Manti temple after his mission. 

Eric served a mission in La Paz, Bolivia. He learned both Spanish and Aymara, an Indian dialect spoken by natives in the Lake Titicaca area. During the final 2 months of his mission, Eric traveled the Bolivian altiplano researching words to assist in the translation of The Doctrine and Covenants into Aymara. 

Eric received a bachelors degree from BYU, a medical degree from the University of Florida, an internship and residency in Otolaryngology at the University of Texas in San Antonio. This was followed by a fellowship in Facial Plastic Surgery in Chicago Illinois. When he had finished all of his school and training, Eric Garner and family moved to Boise, Idaho where Eric began his practice of Otolaryngology with an emphasis on Facial Plastic Surgery.

Brother Garner has served in various capacities in the church, including Priest Quorum advisor, High Counselor, Bishopric Counselor, Bishop, Scout Master, Stake young Men’s President, YSA ward bishop.

Eric and Gloria are the parents of 7 children and 20 grandchildren.