Gospel Singer/Songwriter Dottie Rambo Dies in Tour Bus Crash
Dottie Rambo, one of the more prolific songwriters of her generation, died in the early hours of Sunday morning as her tour bus hit an embankment after running off the highway. She was on her way to a Mother's Day performance in North Richland Hills, Texas. Rambo, who was 74, has over 2,500 published songs, many of them extraordinarily popular in Christian and country music circles. "She was a giant in the gospel music industry," said Beckie Simmons, Rambo's agent. "Dolly Parton recorded some read
Gospel Singer Dottie Rambo Killed In A Bus Accident Just received a Myspace bulletin from Ernie Haase & Signature Sound that Dottie Ramobo's bus was hit by a storm this morning, and she and her bus driver were killed. Very shocked right now. Please keep the family in your prayers. read
BUS CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF DOTTIE RAMBO Dottie Rambo, writer of more than 2,500 published songs, was killed early this morning when the bus in which she was riding ran off a road in southwest Missouri and struck an embankment. The Missiouri State Highway Patrol says Lawrence County Coroner Don Lakin pronounced her dead at the scene at 4:20 a.m. Seven other people in Dottie's tour bus were injured, two of them seriously, all of whom are being treated at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Miss read
Sad to hear that longtime Southern gospel singer and songwriter Dottie Rambo died when her bus struck an embankment. She was 74. Rambo had toured and recorded for years with family group The Rambos (also known as the Singing Rambos) and the Gospel Echoes. A prolific songwriter, she had songs recorded by the likes of Elvis Presley, Porter Wagoner, Barbara Mandrell, Alison Krauss, Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton, Bill Monroe, Jerry Lee Lewis and countless more. read
Gospel music lost one of the greatest writers today in an automobile accident. Dottie Rambo went home to be with the Lord. Dottie has been in severe back pain for several years and her voice wasn’t as smooth as it used to be, but listen to her sing “Sheltered in the Arms of God” with Porter Waggoner’s voice over the track. He had already died by the time she sang this song and hence the tears. Dottie wrote so many beautiful inspirational songs that I can’t tell you all of them. Among my fav read
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