Dottie Rambo Killed in Bus Accident
 

Someone sent me this asking if I had heard...

http://averyfineline.com/2008/05/11/...ambo/#comments

Does anyone know if this is true?

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http://forums.singingnews.com/m_3416476/tm.htm

Terribly sad.

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First I have heard of it.

Sounds real according to the post. Can't imagine anyone starting rumors of this sort, but who knows???

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It's true, her bus driver was also killed and there were other serious injuries.

Admin, can you change the thread title please? To exclude the words real or rumor?
Thank you,

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very sad. she was such a talented person and I always loved to hear her sing...

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according to this website

http://sogospelnews.com/index/featur...comments/9100/

she was on her way to a singing engagement in Texas where she was to sing with Lulu Roman Smith and ??? They were apparently involved in a tornado (?) in Missouri.

Very sad.

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Terrible news.

I got a text message just now regarding this.

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It is sad. I remember her and Buck and another couple singing at our church when I was a little girl. I really liked to hear her sing.

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Dottie Rambo Killed In Tour Bus Accident UPDATED


We received word this morning that Dottie Rambo was killed last night in a tour bus accident. Dottie was scheduled to appear at North Richland Hills, Texas at the Fountain Of Life Church at 10:30 AM with her dear friends Lulu Roman and Naomi Sego this morning, so we are assuming she was on route to Texas when the accident occurred.

We will post more info whrn it is received. Please be in prayer for the family at this time.

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Reports indicate that the accident was weather-related, and that other passengers were also injured. The accident happened outside of Springfield, Missouri. Manager Larry Ferguson is in critical condition, but his wife and children appear to be fine. It is believed that the bus driver was also killed.

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Someone has updated the Dottie Rambo Wikipedia page with this news. I know that they have people there who just watch for obituaries and death notices and update as soon as news breaks.

Here is the only news report that I've been able to find. http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/160359.html

So sad.

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Sad.....she wrote a lot of good songs that will be sung for years to come.

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I think the way she went is the hardest to swallow. Very shocking and sudden.

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This is such tragic news...

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Yes...as much as she endured with the many operations and the horrific pain, going this way is just not something anyone could have imagined...it's quite a shock.

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Just one of those things you don't believe at first...

We should share some of our favorite songs of hers.

I have memories of my dad singing this at bedtime, during his prayer time.

I’VE NEVER BEEN THIS HOMESICK BEFORE
Writer Dottie Rambo

There's a light in the window
And the table's set in splendor
Someone's standing by the open door (open door)
I can see a crystal river
Oh I must be near forever
And I've never been this homesick before

Chorus:
See the bright light shine
It's just about hometime
I can see my Father standing at the door
This world has been a wilderness
I'm headed for deliverance
Lord, I've never been this homesick before

I can see the family gather
Sweet faces, there all familiar
But no one's old or feeble anymore
Oh this lonesome heart is cryin'
Think I'll spread my wings for flyin'
Lord, I've never felt this homesick before

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"Build My Mansion"
"Come Spring" and my all time favorite -
"He Looked Beyond My Fault"

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Yes.. He looked beyond my fault and Too many sunsets...

She was quite a songwriter.
That will be a large memorial service.

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We translated Build my mansion several years ago in Portuguese...
she sure wrote anointed songs...

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One of my all-time favorites...


Oil and the wine, healing devine
The oil brings the gladness
There's life in the vine

Oil and the wine, such healing devine
Servants of mercy...if we are servants of mercy
Servants of mercy, pour in the oil and the wine

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This is tragic!!! Wow...

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I love all of these.

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This is so sad- She was a favorite of mine. I have a cd of her songs that Bill Gaither did and I enjoy listening to them so much. You do not realize how she influnced gospel music until you listen to the songs she wrote. "Mama's Teaching Angels how to Sing" now. I pray for her family.

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This is true and so sad.

Gospel singer Dottie Joyce Rambo dies
(Published May 11, 2008)
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — Gospel singer-songwriter Joyce "Dottie" Rambo died early Sunday when the bus she was in ran off a road in southwest Missouri and struck an embankment.
Rambo, 74, of Nashville, Tenn., died in the crash about two miles east of Mount Vernon on Interstate 44, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Seven other people in the bus were injured, and were hospitalized in Springfield with moderate to severe injuries, the patrol said.

It was unclear if the accident, which occurred about 2 a.m., was weather-related, the patrol said. Severe storms and tornadoes hit the region about 6 p.m. Saturday, killing 14 people. Sustained winds and storms swept through the area later in the night, according to the National Weather Service."She was a giant in the gospel music industry," said Beckie Simmons, Rambo's agent. "Dolly Parton recorded some of her songs."
She was on her way to a Mother's Day performance in Texas, according to her Web site.
Rambo was inducted to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.
Rambo has had more than 2,500 published songs, including gospel classics such as "He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need" and the 1982 Gospel Music Association Song of the Year, "We Shall Behold Him."
More Stories..

Also...Here is more about the others traveling with her:

http://forums.singingnews.com/m_3416476/tm.htm

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http://www.mshp.dps.mo.gov/HP68/Acci...T_NUM=A044797D

According to this police report the driver was not killed but is in serious condition.

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Sad, like someone else has stated, folks will be singing her songs for years, she won't be forgotten in this generation.

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That's what I'm reading...he was NOT killed. The thing about these type of stories is, for a time we are going to get conflicting reports.

What I read on the singingnews.com forum that was linked here is, at 2:19 this morning, MO State Troopers responded on I-44 outside of Mount Vernon, and she was dead at the scene.

Very sad...

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Your right. And it is very sad. Kind of like loosing a family member you have known most of your life.

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this accident happened about a block from where my Biological sister lives well.. a mile but out there its pretty rural so what would be considered a city block... they were told that 2 died in the accident also but thats neither here nor there... its just sad all around. When I called my mom and told her who it was that was in the accident she was shocked... Said that would explain why everythings so crazy out there right now... they were however under the impression this happened after the tornado hit but they arent sure... she said there is so much debris in the road they may have even swerved to avoid and hit something... ..

My grandmothers house (which now belongs to one of my aunts) was destroyed right by where the accident occured and they said that there is debris from the house all over the place and parts of the house everywhere there. It happened right outside of Purdy nearer to Mt Vernon.

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Well, at least she made her mark in this world, that's for sure.

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Gospel singer Dottie Rambo dies in tour bus wreck in Mo.

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) — Joyce "Dottie" Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment. She was 74.

Seven other people on the bus were injured in the wreck about two miles east of Mount Vernon on Interstate 44, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. They were hospitalized in Springfield with moderate to severe injuries, according to the patrol.

It was unclear whether the crash was related to the severe storms and tornadoes that hit the region on Saturday. Storms also swept through the area later in the night, according to the National Weather Service.
Rambo, of Nashville, Tenn., was on her way to a Mother's Day performance in Texas, according to her Web site.

"She was a giant in the gospel music industry," said Beckie Simmons, Rambo's agent. "Dolly Parton recorded some of her songs."

Rambo was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame last year and the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

Rambo has had more than 2,500 published songs, including gospel classics such as "He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need" and the 1982 Gospel Music Association Song of the Year, "We Shall Behold Him."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j...KorPwD90JKUH00

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I just saw this sad news on the internet and knew there would be a thread at AFF about it.

As someone mentioned it is just such a shocking way for someone 74 years old who has endured such incredible pain with her back problems to die.

Dottie blessed the family of God with a lot of powerful songs over the years. Anybody 40 or older knows that from the 60's through the 70's Dottie was one of the most prolific writers in Gospel Music.

I would love to go to her funeral if it is here in Nashville but I am going to be out of town most of next week unfortunetely.

I will be praying for Reba, her ex husband Buck, and the rest of the family.

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Very sad news.

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Sad to hear the news.

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They made the announcement about her death at Christ Church this morning. Dottie has relatives that attend Christ Church.

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Was that how they found out?

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I have so many of the Rambo records. Some great songs - have sung many of them through the years.. Every once in a while still have to get the old LPs out and listen.

A sad and tragic situation.... she will be missed.

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I can only pray that Dottie didn't suffer. I hope she was asleep and never woke up.

We need to also remember to pray for all of the other people on the bus who all survived but are hospitalized with morderate to severe injuries. There was a total of seven people or seven people in addition to Dottie on the bus.

I also can't help but think what a horrible Mother's day for Reba to wake up to.

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I thought about that too...so sad...we are praying for all the family.

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How very sad.

Now, I was never a super big Rambo fan even when I was a youngster.

But "The Singing Rambos" were such a part of our lives at JCM back in the days when southern gospel was king.

I've come to appreciate her music more now that I'm older.

Many of her songs were more "country gospel", but her soul and heart shone through what she wrote and sang, her Kentucky roots like Loretta Lynn's, or the east Texas piney woods that gave birth to such a great artist as George Jones or the north Alabama roots of Howard and Vestal Goodman.

Dottie, like the others, sang from the heart and captured in their music the true spirit of America, the Kentucky coal miner, the truck driver - the heart, soul, joy and pain of every day living and the hope of something better in the world to come.

The song of hers I'm thinking of right now is one that I'd normally think "corny" but it doesn't seem so corny right now - "Mama's Teaching Angels How To Sing" ...