 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 developers of the Fountain Towers on Fairfield Avenue in Shreveport.They were in partnership with Virginia Shehee, later a one-term member of the Louisiana State Senate from Caddo Parish.