Sr Dr. Jerome "Jerry" W.H. Niswonger
Athens, Texas
February 10, 2026
Life begins with God, and each person who receives this gift from God must use it to glorify Him: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). On October 27, 1934 God gave life to Jerome Waldo Hamlet Niswonger, M.D., who, early in his childhood, chose a life of good works. From the time his mother read him stories about Dr. David Livingstone, young Jerry determined to become a doctor, ultimately graduating from Loma Linda University Medical School in 1962. During his medical career, he acquired specialties in Ob/Gyn and Ophthalmology.Embarking upon the medical profession was only the start of Dr. Niswonger’s life of service. In 1970 he travelled to Ghana, Africa to perform his healing arts. He visited many hospitals during his time in Africa, enduring primitive conditions and difficult circumstances to…
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