Gospel singer, Dottie Rambo dies in accident

Posted by Jai Marie

May 12, 2008

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.

Dottie is known for her songs “Sheltered in the Arms of God,” “Tears Will Never Stain the Streets of that City,” “He Looked Beyond My Faults,” “I Go to the Rock,” and hundreds more.