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THE PASSING OF DERRY BROWNFIELD
Mar. 14, 2011
Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services, California, MO reports:
Derry Brownfield, 79, of Centertown, MO passed peacefully at home on Saturday, March 12, 2011 and went to be with our Savior, Jesus Christ.
He was born on January 24, 1932 in Boonville, MO, the son of George Derry Brownfield and Georgia Stegner Brownfield, both of whom preceded him in death. He was married on June 24, 1956 in California, MO to Verni Dine (Gross) Brownfield, who survives of the home.
Derry grew up during the Depression. He started farming when he was 16 years old and received the Future Farmers of America State Farmer degree in 1949. Since that time the Brownfield Farm has grown to over 1,100 acres.
Derry attended the College of Agriculture at the University of Missouri where he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees. He taught vocational agriculture several years at Pilot Grove and Jamestown before becoming a marketing specialist with the Missouri Department of Agriculture. He served as Director of the Kansas City Livestock Market Foundation at the Kansas City Stockyard prior to establishing himself in farm broadcasting.
In 1972, he and his partner established the Brownfield Network, which served 250 radio stations throughout the Midwest with farm news and market information.
Derry prided himself in "speaking as a farmer, to the farmer, for the farmer, from the farm." In 1994, he started his own syndicated radio talk show, and was one of the most popular radio talk show hosts in America. The Derry Brownfield Show, "The Common Sense Coalition," could be heard on radio stations across the nation, along with a large audience of shortwave and Internet listeners. With his entertaining sense of humor and witty commentary he captured audiences for over 40 years.
In addition to his wife, survivors include 1 daughter, 3 sons and 5 grandchildren
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