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==Background==

==Background==

Strain was the son of the former Lucy Stewart (1904-1963), a native of Robeline in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]] and the first wife of his father,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13745334|title=Lucy Stewart Strain|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=June 9, 2014}}</ref> the pediatrician/businessman Thomas E. Strain Sr. (1898-1979). The senior Dr. Strain was part of the founding staff of Tri-State Hospital, since Willis-Knighton Medical Center North, and founded the Strain Babies and Children's Clinic, both in Shreveport. Thomas Strain, and his younger son, Jimmy Strain, were [[real estate]] developers of the Fountain Towers on Fairfield Avenue in Shreveport. They were in partnership with [[Virginia Shehee]], later a one-term state senator for Caddo Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13733990|title=Dr. Thomas Everett Strain, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=June 9, 2014}}</ref>

Strain was the son of the former Lucy Stewart (1904-1963), a native of Robeline in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]] and the first wife of his father,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13745334|title=Lucy Stewart Strain|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 26, 2020}}</ref> the pediatrician/businessman Thomas E. Strain Sr. (1898-1979). The senior Dr. Strain was part of the founding staff of Tri-State Hospital, since Willis-Knighton Medical Center North, and founded the Strain Babies and Children's Clinic, both in Shreveport. Thomas Strain, and his younger son, Jimmy Strain, were [[real estate]] developers of the Fountain Towers on Fairfield Avenue in Shreveport. They were in partnership with [[Virginia Shehee]], later a one-term state senator for Caddo Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13733990|title=Dr. Thomas Everett Strain, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=June 9, 2014}}</ref>

Strain's brother, Dr. Thomas E. Strain, Jr. (1924-2015), was born in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], while their father was a student at the Baylor College of Medicine. The Strains moved to Shreveport in 1926. The brothers practiced pediatrics with their father and<ref name=tstrainjr>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-strain&pid=174845013&fhid=10218|title=Thomas Strain, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=May 17, 2015}}</ref> Dr. Dorothy Mack Strain (1928-2009), the wife of Thomas Strain, Jr. A native of Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]] who was reared in Springhill in northern Webster Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=136601147|title=Dr. Dorothy Mack Strain|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 9, 2014}}</ref> Dr. Thomas Strain, Jr., graduate of [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport and [[Tulane University]] Medical School in [[New Orleans]], served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and the [[United States Air Force]] in the [[Korean War]].<ref name=tstrainjr/>

Strain's brother, Dr. Thomas E. Strain, Jr. (1924-2015), was born in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], while their father was a student at the Baylor College of Medicine. The Strains moved to Shreveport in 1926. The brothers practiced pediatrics with their father and<ref name=tstrainjr>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-strain&pid=174845013&fhid=10218|title=Thomas Strain, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=May 17, 2015}}</ref> Dr. Dorothy Mack Strain (1928-2009), the wife of Thomas Strain, Jr. A native of Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]] who was reared in Springhill in northern Webster Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=136601147|title=Dr. Dorothy Mack Strain|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 9, 2014}}</ref> Dr. Thomas Strain, Jr., graduate of [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport and [[Tulane University]] Medical School in [[New Orleans]], served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and the [[United States Air Force]] in the [[Korean War]].<ref name=tstrainjr/>