Members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting are sad to hear that former member Rex Messersmith, age 84, of Lincoln, Nebraska passed away April 15.

Rex joined NAFB in 1956 and enjoyed a career in radio broadcasting for 55 years. He started as a Nebraska Co-op Extension Service specialist, was farm director and manager of WNAX radio in Yankton, S.D., and executive director for the livestock auction markets in South Dakota, Minnesota, and North Dakota before moving to the KRVN radio in Lexington, Nebraska. Rex was past president of the Nebraska Ag Relations Council and the Nebraska Agribusiness Club in Lincoln and was inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement.

Rex is survived by wife, Wilma, after 34 years of marriage. Services will be held at 11 a.m., April 21. Westminster Presbyterian, 2110 Sheridan Blvd, Lincoln.