Story Created:
May 11, 2008 at 12:48 PM CST
Story Updated:
May 11, 2008 at 9:58 PM CST
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (Map, News) - 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.
"She was a giant in the gospel music industry," said Beckie Simmons, Rambo's agent. "Dolly Parton recorded some of her songs."
She was on her way to a Mother's Day performance in Texas, according to her Web site.
Read the Missouri Highway Patrol's report on the crashCopyright 2008 The Associated Press.
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