We've lost a great one. Dottie Rambo killed in bus crash...

D28guy · May 11, 2008

A true legend. I've heard that she has written literally thosands of songs, and many of them are absolute classics. A truly great christian songwriter. One of the finest ever.

"MOUNT VERNON, Missouri (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 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."
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http://news.aol.com/story/_a/dottie-rambo-influential-gospel-singer/n20080511193109990005

An excerpt from a biography on how she started her music ministry...

"Her songs touch millions. Her voice is heard around the world, her heart an open book. Celebrating sixty years of changing lives in song and word-this is Dottie Rambo.

Kentucky is an essential ingredient in Dottie's makeup. Its hills and streams were her playground. The rhythm of its people's speech the early pattern for her music's cadence. No matter where she has traveled, the pull of the bluegrass state has never been far away. Dottie Rambo was born Joyce Reba Lutrell in Madison, Kentucky during the Great Depression. Her family next set up residence in Morganfield near relatives. The financial crunch that gripped the nation didn't miss a single part of the country-including Dottie's home place.

But the stamina of friends and family during tough times instilled a resilience in little Dottie that would all too soon be needed in her travels far from home. Songwriting found her at a young age. The eight-year-old Dottie was out playing in the creek when words and music for her first song came bubbling forth. It startled her so much that she ran all the way home to tell her mother. As she excitedly sang it, her mother's face went through myriad emotions. "Did you hear this song somewhere?" her mother asked. "No ma'am," Dottie said. "Are you sure that you didn't hear it on the radio?" "Oh no mamma," Dottie said, "It came from me."

Her mother held her close and cried. She told Dottie this great gift would be a blessing and a burden. She told her to treasure and guard it."
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http://www.dottierambo.net/bio.htm

I saw her on TV just about a week ago. This is very very sad news indeed.

Mike

LeBuick · May 11, 2008

One of the Lords true soldiers is with Him this evening...

God bless her family and friends... :praying:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2003/006/16.14.html

One of my favorite songs was pen'd by her...

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NaasPreacher (C4K) · May 12, 2008

This tragic story is running in the News Forum HERE in a thread started earlier.

We've lost a great one. Dottie Rambo killed in bus crash...

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