Roy C. Strickland - Business Entrepreneur

Business Entrepreneur

Strickland was transferred to the Houston area by his employer Younger Brothers Trucking Co.in 1977. He later co-founded a construction firm and helped to run a Tennessee-based transportation company.

In 1990, Strickland formed what became CANUSAMEX, Inc., a firm twice named the "Fastest Growing In Houston." In 2000, it was ranked by Inc. Magazine as the 133rd fastest growing company in the United States. CANUSAMEX, Inc., was a victim of September 11, 2001, Strickland explained, because it could not comply with new government regulations which stemmed from the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. The company ceased operations in the summer of 2002.

Strickland returned to his hometown of Vicksburg in August 2002 and worked with family members to negotiate the merger, acquisition, and consolidation of twelve Internet Service Providers which were sold to Xfone early in 2005.

He then returned to The Woodlands in the fall of 2004 and obtained a real estate license. He died in The Woodlands two days after his 68th birthday. He is interred at Forest Park The Woodlands Cemetery.