Her songs were a reflection of the deepest part of her soul and spirit. With you Jesus; The birds and I, Will fly away with you; High into the sky, to here that my dear dear christian sister Dottie had passed on to her glory with Jesus her belovided insperation.This lady saved my life so many times when I was so down trodden and hert and wanted to give up in death. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. I know that Dottie is Teaching Angels how to sing, and she is Sheltered in the Arms of God. on several occasions. Her music impacted so many lives. By Free Britney at Feb 12, 2015. Thank you Libbie For you wonderful words of comfort to us who are in shock & hurting at OUR loss! There is a problem with your email/password. Bus driver sued in crash that killed Dottie Rambo, To the rooftops: Staggering snowfall in Califor, COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report , Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expan, TikTok sets new default time limits for minors, TROYER, Dennis Jan 28, 1952 - Feb 27, 2023, GRABILL, LeRoy Sep 26, 1930 - Feb 18, 2023, SNYDER, Duaine Sep 1, 1941 - Feb 23, 2023. When the date approached, it looked as though I wouldnt get to make it. I gave her a Love pin, and a dozen roses pin and she gave me a hug and signed my journal because I asked. Rambo, along with husband Buck and daughter Reba, formed the award-winning southern Gospel group, The Rambos. It was magic between the two of them from then on. How she will be missed by all who loved her. I was born in Madisonville Ky. the same twon she was. She always brought great encouragement to my life through her songs and testimony. Dottie Rambo was born Joyce Reba Luttrell March 2, 1934 in Madisonville, Kentucky during the height of the Great . Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Please be in prayer for her manager, Larry Ferguson, who remains in critical condition at last report. Ill never forget Ms Dottie,the songs she sang and wrote. Dottie, you are loved and will be missed until we meet again. She was a women after Gods own heart. She always had such a sweet spirit about her and a joy that shined through. The show was scheduled to begin at 7PM, and at 7:30, I was still lost. 0 cemeteries found in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA. I have so many memories of Dottie I couldnt tell them all. She was my idol when I was a teenager. There wasnt a dry eye in the congregation that evening! We will keep singing her songs, and she will live on in our memories. Birth . The 74 year old singer lived in Nashville, Tennessee and was on her way to a Mothers Day performance in Texas at the time of the accident. I cried on and on. I was just a little girl but, how well I remember the impact Dottie had on me. Dottie has finally seen the reality of I Shall Behold Him. There is a song that cant be found anywhere. May God bless Dotties family our own father was killed in a car accident two years ago and my brother, sister and myself sang Sheltered in the Arms of God one of my favorite Dottie Rambo songs at his funeral. She is HOME!!!! I had Sheltered in the arms of God played at my mothers funeral. Ms. Rambo met Buck Rambo at age 16 and they married soon after, forming a gospel trio that would launch a 50+ years career in Christian music. My prayers go out to her family and loved ones. Private family burial will be held in Williamson Memorial Gardens. Were someone to ask me to catagorize her songwriting ability, I would not hesitate to say she was far more than a writer of songs Dottie Rambo was a Psalmist. My heart is breaking tonight, but only for myself as well as Dotties family and many, many friends. Dottie and Bucky Rambo held a revival in our church in Washington P.A. Dottie Rambo, born Joyce Reba Lutrell in Madison, Kentucky on March 2, 1934, started writing songs at the age of 8 while sitting by a creek near her family home. You know we loved Dottie very much. 74-year-old American gospel singer and writer Joyce 'Dottie' Rambo died Sunday morning when her tour bus crashed into a highway embankment in . Failed to delete memorial. I started thinking back to my childhood and how hard I had it. You will be missed greatly, Dottie. I was shocked and saddened as I listened to JOY FM (in NC) this morning and heard the news of Dotties passing. This cross marks the spot where Country music female vocalist Dottie West was in her fatal car accident on the way to a performance at the Grand Ole Opry. My sisters sang her songs and recorded a record. My sympathy goes to Reba and the family. Dottie was a true child of God! She sang every word with so much feeling. she gave and shone not just when she was here but wereever she went.Ill never forget her songs nor how she made us laugh. Dottie loved all of you so much and that was obvious as I observed her tender words of affection towards you at the concert. Pray that the Lord will give Ronnie peace within his heart. I got to visit with Ms. Dottie 4 more times after that and ENJOYED every single one of them. You are so cool! We all will meet up in Heaven!! I feel so priviledged to have been able to know/meet such a wonderful woman. It asks for a jury trial and compensatory damages as determined by the jury, but in excess of $25,000. She could have you in tears one second, and laughing the next. Learn Religions. I have grieved all week because Dottie was one of a kind. I grew up in Southern Gospel Music traveling with the Sego Brothers and Naomi and was privileged to work many shows with Dottie and The Rambos. I was 18 then and I am now 58 and through the years without a doubt I have and still do sing more of her songs than any other artist. Truely the inspirations of Gods heart through Dottie Rambos heart in her lifes experiences have made tremendous impact on us all!! The 27 Biggest Female Artists in Christian Music, The World's Best Christian Hard Rock Bands, Top 16 Christian Contemporary Pop Bands and Artists, Induction into the Atlanta Country Music Hall Of Fame, Diamond Awards 2005 Songwriter Of The Year, Induction into the GMA Dove Gospel Music Hall of Fame, 1991, Induction into the GMA Dove Gospel Music Hall Of Fame for her group, The Rambos, 2001, Traditional Gospel Recorded Song Of The Year, 1998, Inducted into the Nashville Songwriter's Hall Of Fame, 2007, Inducted into the North American Country Music Association International Hall Of Fame, 2004, Inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall Of Fame, 2006. It meant so much to heard those words at that time. My twin sister and I formed our own trio with our big sister during these years, and we sang so many Dottie Rambo songs. What a special sweet lady she was. I am so glad that I could some of the older songs of Dottie. Dottie was 74 at the time of her death and had spent 62 years of her life . Box 50508, Nashville, TN 37205. Visitations will be on Saturday, May 17, from 4 to 8 PM and Sunday, May 18, from 2 to 4 PM at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home, 660 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN 37204. My thoughts and prayers go out to Reba and her family, as well as with those involved in the tragic accident! The tears just flowed. After marrying Howard Goodman, she joined his family The Happy Goodmans which included his sisters and brothers. Gospel music singer and songwriter Joyce "Dottie" Rambo was killed Sunday morning, May 11, when her tour bus crashed on Interstate 44 near Mount Vernon, Missouri. Dottie was a real, vibrant, fun loving , bigger than life and dedicated woman of God. THIS IS VERY UPSETTNG FOR ME, BUT I KNOW SHES HOME WITH ALL THE OTHER GREAT ONES WRITING AND SINGING HER HEART OUT. Donations to help offset the expenses of the funeral can be made payable to the Dottie Rambo Memorial Fund and mailed to P. O. and took my picture with her.Although I had only a few personal moments with her they were precious and priceless.I am so blessed to have gotten the honor to meet her.Then a couple of days later I was in the Jim Bakker show studio audience and was blessed to hear her share again. In 1989 I lost my Dad and 5 family members in a plane crash and it was Dottie Rambos songs that brought me so much comfort. I know Dottie is in heaven in the arms of God right now, but our earth angel will surely be missed, Parton said in a statement. I dont think it has fully sank in yet that Dottie is gone home. When I told her that I had decided not to go anyway, she insisted I do. flying to see you my dear lord Jesus; I have followed her music most of my life. I lost my beautiful and talented Mother on March 24, 2007 and all I could imagine was my Mother greeting Dottie at the gates of Heaven. Feb 12, 2015. I prau for the family and loved ones several times a day. Want to know what everyone in the music business is talking about. I have been a Dottie fan for 40 years ! We have lost a truly wonderful person but she will live on through her music and many souls will still be lead to the Lord and her praise songs will live forever. I will also pray for the others that were with her and are in need of healing. I need to be celebrating not mourning!!! Jimmie Davis. She asked my husband, Al Murray, to come up and join her. Monday, May 12, 2008. 2023 Billboard Media, LLC. I pray that God will shelter you in His arms and comfort you until we get see Miss Dottie again. I mourn her death, but its comforting to know that she died doing what she loved to do. Gospel Music Singer. They had asked for request. She was truly as vessal of the lord. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Right in the middle of the song they were singing Dottie shouted out Stop ! For memorials with more than one . Bars of bone hold my soul Dottie is in a better place, but she will be greatly missed. I always thought there would be a next time. Her songs have meant so much to so many cant you just hear Him saying: Well done, good and faithful servant! I heard her daughter, son-in-law & their two children sing and preform. According to the Troopers' report, the 1997 Prevost Dottie was traveling aboard ran off the roadway, struck the guard rail and an embankment. Will I will Close For Now. Dony McGuire, Joyce Reba (Dottie) Rambo. Praise His name!!! Ive sang gospel music my entire life in many groups and performed hundreds of her great songs over two decades. You can refer to the answers. I was more than shocked when I got the news of Dotties death. I could share a whole lot more but for now Ill share my experience with Dottie. May she rest in peace. Prayers are going up for the others that were injured and for all the families involved. I collected all the Rambo records and recently purchased the 20 CD special. I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Dottie for the first time 9 years ago. Dottie Rambo was to Gospel music what Loretta Lynn is to country music. As a bus driver, myself, I ask that you remember Ronnie in your prayers. (LogOut/ She preached around Coiltown, Ky. I only had the opportunity to meet her once a few years ago, but I will always remember that day. The bus ran off the road near the town of Mount Vernon and struck an embankment. We bought several of her records. I myself had recently began playing and singing gospel music and Dotties songs began to take over in my life. Both of my parents passed away in 2005. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Do what you will; I will be praying for the family circle at this time. Save. I know this is an unsual request at a time like this, but I have been there and done that as a driver when things beyond our control have gone wrong and constantly think what I could have done differently. In 1989 Dottie ruptured a disc in her back that caused her vertebrae to calcify to her spinal cord. What a sight to behold. Such an inspiration was this petite woman. It never Walked very far from Calvary. The day that she died I was bringing her home from the hospital. I first heard Dottie and Buck and Shirley Blevins sing back in the 60s when they were at our church a couple of times. The angels in Heaven are surely rejoicing! Earths devastating loss is Heavens gain. Heaven has gained one more of our Wonderful Southern Gospel Greats in the Heavenly Choir. The tour bus she was in crashed along Interstate 44, and she died instantly. We are reserved let us pray; She will be greatly missed and I know that she is proud to have a family like Reba & Dony and their children. Sorry! Elvis Presley, Barbara Mandrell, Carol Channing, Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton are among those who have recorded Ms. Rambos songs. In addition to Dottie's . Really, I prayered Dear Havenly Father Touch everyone who was in the bus with her and Dottie also if there is the slightst chance of her pulling through.Then GODS peace came around me and said, Dottie is at peace with me now. I replied,Thank you, dear Heavenly Father for letting me know without a dout she has gone on to heaven with you. With His assurance that her fight and battle here on earth was over I then went on to sleep. https://www.learnreligions.com/southern-gospel-legend-dottie-rambo-dies-709659 (accessed March 2, 2023). I was first introduced to Dottie Rambo by my cousin Shirley Beecham back in the sixties. I Go To The Rock. We just watched the show Fame and Faith on Gospel Music channel on Dottie and relived her life and we were hearing how excited who was about life and the fact that The Lord Lives. Dottie wrote the Gospel the way its supposed to be. Rest on faithful soldier you will be sorely missed but remembered with great love. He loved the Lord and I can just hear him playing his guitar and singing with Dottie! It was Im Gonna Leave Here Shoutin. I also know that she is in no pain and wont have to worry about anymore surgerys, but I will miss her sorley. Now you can be apart of the great heavenly choir. Try again. I feel sadened by such a great loss to the gospel music community. Dottie had a way of climbing back up from the bottom and through her songs showed others they not only could, but they MUST! I loved to hear her sing the good ole days have passed away I couldnt call em back if I tried. I was able to attend George Younces funeral and wanted to attend hers, but now with my back, there was just no way. The Bledsoes, Today is a sad day for all who knew Ms. Dottie Rambo and for those who loved and were blessed by her music, yet it is also a happy day for her as she is the with the one she sung about for so many years. Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA. I have heard so many talk about Dottie as a great poetbut you know, she wrote these songs under devine inspiration. will be praying for you and your family she will be hard to replace but she will be in our hearts forever and we will see her again soon. We will treasure it always. Dottie Rambo was born on March 2, 1934 in Madisonville, Kentucky, USA. By age 10 she was playing guitar and singing on local country radio. She was a giant in the gospel music industry, said Beckie Simmons, Rambos agent. I hope someone will either write a biography or film a movie based on Dotties life starting when she was a young girl writing christian songs, because her life is a testimony people need to hear. . Our prayers are with those who were injured and for the families of all those involved. They started singing when we were at the Lighthouse on Weldon ave.Think it was around 1963. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. You will live on in my heart. She was en route to meet Lulu Roman and Naomi Sego at a Golden Girls of Gospel concert in Texas on Mother's . God will never leave us nor forsake us. She didnt speak about her longsuffering, or how she overcame being paralyzed and out of the industry for at least eighteen years, another extreme accomplishment. AllMusic Quiz. She made such an impact on my life. None of us could have a better guardian angel than you. My heartfelt prayers are with the family. Jones, Kim. Let us remember her and her family. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.. I also got the opportunity to tell her she made one of my dreams reality,and I gave her a kiss on her left side of her cheek and told her I loved her. She is singing with the angels and I will never forget so many of her songs one tho comes to mind I m gonna leave here shouting when my time comes to go.If i too feeble to lifht my hands ..I have no doubt she is shouting up in heaven and Jesus will embrace her in His arms of love!But how she will be missed on earth.Right now if you dont know the Lord she would shout from heaven to hear you received Him as your personal saviour!! I will miss you dearly and your dedication and songs will always be a memory of what God gave' An angel of Songs I never met you but in this big family of God you truly were my spiritual mom. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. My favorite Dottie Rambo song, and maybe my all time favorite is If that Isnt Love. I would always want to go with my mother at intermission to talk to Dottie because at that time, she recognized my mother, Danita Sudderth. where my sister and her husband also ministred. She is up there with our Lord enjoying all her rewards of her christian doings. To all the family you are in my thoughts and prayers. MOUNT VERNON 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 . Born Joyce Reba Luttrell in Anton, Ky., Rambo wrote more than 2,500 songs, including "We Shall Behold Him . Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Dottie has joined many other greats in the Heavenly Choir what a sound that must be! That evening God called my mother to her rest. I cant help but be overwhelmed with sadness to know she is gone, but I rejoice in the knowledge that her trials are now over and SHE is safely Sheltered In the Arms of God. Dottie Rambo (March 2, 1934 - May 11, 2008) was an American gospel singer and songwriter. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Our prayers go out the all the loved ones. So I will fly away; The lawsuit contends that Meadows was speeding and negligent and that Pyramid/DC Investments Leasing are liable for his negligence. She will be missed greatly, and there will no songwriter to ever accomplish what Dottie Rambo has. i first meet Dottie at the Steve Hurst school of music.I had been in love with her music and thought she was a very special lady .I know she will be missed for her wonderful spirt and gift of music .We have lost a special lady but ,but now she is resting in His arms. I was saddened to hear of the passing of Dottie Iam Roman Catholic but I am thankful that we all serve the same God I have been blessed beyond measure by her ministry and music I hope to meet her one day in heaven where one day we will be as Dotties song puts it we will be sheltered in the arms of God, I am saddened, but i know shes in Heaven with Jesus singing to him in person. She was 74 years old. I believe my two favorites are We Shall Behold Him, and He Sees Me Through The Blood. in April 2008 at the Settle Inn Hotel The Best is Yet to Come gathering where she shared. The were always a blessing to so many! May all the Glory be to our Lord Jesus Christ. My heart goes out to Reba & Dony during this time. She was truly a BLESSING in the earth.
