Dottie Rambo-Legendary Southern Gospel Songwriter/Singer Has Died in Tour Bus Accident

Legendary southern gospel songwriter and singer Dottie Rambo died in a possible weather related accident about 2 a.m. May 11, 2008 just outside of Springfield, Missouri. She was traveling on her tour bus in route to sing at the Fountain of Life Church in North Richland Hills, Texas near Fort Worth on Mother's Day. Early accounts indicate that others on the tour bus are hurt, some possibly in critical condition. It is not confirmed at this time if there were any other fatalities.

Dottie Rambo was 74 years old at the time of her death. Joyce Reba Luttrell was born in Madisonville, Kentucky during the depression. Her parents were extremely poor. Her biography states that she wrote her first song when she was about eight years old. As the story goes, she was playing near a creek when she began to sing a song with words and music that she had never heard. Apparently she had not even attempted to compose them and was so surprised at what had just occurred that she ran home to tell her Mom. Her mother asked Dottie if she was sure she had not heard the song on the radio. Dottie's response was, "No, it just came from me."