FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
DOTTIE RAMBO
The Home-going Celebration service for Dottie Rambo will be held at Christ Church, 15354 Old Hickory Blvd., Nashville, TN 37211, on Monday, May 19, at 1 PM. Close friends and family are invited to a visitation in the Hospitality Center at Christ Church from 11 AM to 12:30 PM prior to the service.
Entombment at the mausoleum at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Memorial Park will be for family only immediately following her Home-going Celebration.
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.
Visitations and services are open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Donations to help offset the expenses of the funeral can be made payable to the Dottie Rambo Memorial Fund and mailed to P. O. Box 50508, Nashville, TN 37205.
Christ Church
15354 Old Hickory Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37211
Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home
660 Thompson Lane
Nashville, TN 37204
SOURCE: Southern Gospel Reporter
RAMBO BUS CRASH - PATIENT UPDATE
A Rambo media liason in Springfield, Missouri.. told SGReporter that Dottie's manager, Larry Ferguson, came through an extensive surgery
this afternoon, and last night (05/12) was listed as in stable condition and recovering. The exact nature of Larry's surgery was not part of the media release.. but our sources say he suffered two broken legs and a broken jaw. Ferguson remains in a critical care unit at St John's Hospital. Larry's eight year old son, Christian.. remains in the
facility for further observation.
Bus driver Ronnie Meadows underwent surgery Monday. He is, as well, listed in stable condition and remains in critical care. Dottie's product
manager/webmaster, Chris Barnes remains in critical care and is awaiting
surgery. Reporters were told that Barnes appeared to be more responsive on Monday.
Associated
Press
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — 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, the patrol said. Severe storms and tornadoes hit the region about 6 p.m. Saturday, killing 14 people. Sustained winds and storms swept through the area later in the night, according to the National Weather Service.
"She was a giant in the gospel music industry," said Beckie Simmons, Rambo's agent. "Dolly Parton recorded some of her songs."
Parton sent condolences to "everyone involved in this terrible tragedy."
"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. "Dottie was a dear friend, a fellow singer, songwriter and entertainer, and as of late my duet singing partner."
Rambo was on her way to a Mother's Day performance in North Richland Hills, Texas, according to her Web site.
Rambo was inducted to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.
Rambo has had more than 2,500 published songs, including gospel classics such as "He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need" and the 1982 Gospel Music Association Song of the Year, "We Shall Behold Him."
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