Background
Garver was born in Bristol, Indiana.
Garver was born in Bristol, Indiana.
He was educated at Graceland College.
He was elected as the president of the Board of Trustees for Graceland College in 1932. Garver served in this capacity until his death in Independence at the age of 71. He was succeeded in the First Presidency by West. Wallace Smith.
Garver was a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles until April 1946, when new church president Israel A. Smith selected Garver and F. Henry Edwards as his counselors in the church"s First Presidency.