Jimmy Strain
| James Robert "Jimmy" Strain. | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from Caddo Parish (at-large seat) | |
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In office 1968–1972 |
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| Preceded by |
At-large membership: |
| Succeeded by | Switched to single-member district |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 28, 1926 Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | December 30, 1973 (aged 47) Jacksonville, Duval County Florida |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Resting place | Forest Park Cemetery West in Shreveport |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Jane Stahl Strain (died 1971) |
| Children | Three sons and one daughter |
| Parents |
Dr. Thomas E. Strain, Sr. |
| Residence | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Missing |
| Occupation | Real estate developer |
At-large membership:
Morley A. Hudson
Taylor W. O'Hearn
Algie D. Brown
Frank Fulco
Dr. Thomas E. Strain, Sr.
James Robert Strain, known as Dr. Jimmy Strain (August 28, 1926 – December 30, 1973), was a pediatrician from Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for a single term from 1968 to 1972, during the second administration of Governor John McKeithen.
Strain was the son of the former Lucy Stewart (1904-1963), a native of Robeline in and the first wife of his father, 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 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.
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 Dr. Dorothy Mack Strain (1928-2009), the wife of Thomas Strain, Jr. A native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, she was reared in Springhill in northern Webster Parish. Dr. Thomas Strain, Jr., graduate of C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport and Tulane 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.
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