Jack and Colleen Ingram-a love story with various love stories within.

Today I interviewed Jack and Colleen Lazenby Ingram at their Nephi abode. The life of their family could fill volumes, but I have limited space. First comes my summary! They are genuine people we often find only in rural America. And Ewe can tell they are straight shooters, and won't try to pull the Wool over your eyes! Yes, they are the last of a breed, sheep herders that sold their 1,500 head in 1973, as the wool business was fading in obscurity. Jack told his secret of good mutton, and that is to cook and eat it while hot. These two people took a shine to each other as teenagers, and it was Colleen that asked Jack for his hand in marriage and of course he said yes. Their kids Marci, Jackie and Kelly came along and were taught excellent work ethics as youngins, as they all lived in one sheep wagon while on the summer range. The Rambouillet sheep came from France, but perfected in 1918 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah by John Seeley. According to Jack, the best sheep are lambs that have a Suffolk buck and Columbia ewe. As kids, we loved watching thousands of sheep come down Nephi's 7th North on their way to the desert for the winter range. The Ingram's have generations of being good shepherds, over sheep and family. They have no regrets, other than Jack would like to have obtained more education after graduating from Juab High with the "Class of 55". This writer declared he should have no regrets, as he has more real life knowledge than any school could ever give him. In the 1920's when wool was a much sought after commodity, people from Russia and Japan met at the Utah Wool Growers Co., in Nephi to buy wool, but they had to get permission from the "Jericho Pool" who were the money bosses. One of their daughters wrote of her sister saying "God made us sisters-because He knew we loved each other too much to be just friends". Jack and Colleen Ingram....thou art good shepherds of your flock!