One of our patients was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia and has had trouble accessing mental health care because of clinic closures due to COVID-19. WeвЂ™ve talked about the impact of COVID-19 on our patientsвЂ™ health outcomes, but lack of access to sick days and insufficient family leave are often under-recognized factors that harm our patients. The coronavirus outbreak has pushed so many of our working families to the brink. When family caregiving is needed desperately at home, the patientвЂ™s loved ones have little choice but to report to work or risk losing their jobs вЂ“ and with it their housing income, grocery money, childcare and maybe even their health insurance.ДЄs primary care providers in the safety net, we witness patients making heart-wrenching decisions in balancing their health needs with economic survival. These meager job protections are putting coronavirus patients and their families in impossible situations. Too many California workers in essential jobs are still not provided sufficient paid sick days or job-protected leave. Statewide, our public health departments have found outbreaks that start in the workplace, with their workers ill but having to choose between their paychecks and their health. Phipps, pastor of First Baptist Church, Gulf Shores, AL.ДЇrederick- Dean Funeral Home of Opelika, AL is directing.As COVID-19 cases grow across California, we are seeing in real time how the fear of losing oneвЂ™s job is a main contributor to infection rates. The Memorial will be officiated by her son, Dr. at Garden Hills Cemetery, 1218 Frederick Road, Opelika, Alabama.

at Frederick-Dean Funeral Home, Opelika.ДЄ Memorial will be held at the Gravesite at 11:30 a.m. Visitation will be held Saturday, March 6 from 10:00 a.m. Great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nephews and nieces who were dearly loved by their Aunt May. She is also survived by twenty-four great-grandchildren, seven Catherine Perkins, Carol Lyn Lathram (John), Rich Perkins Mandi Murphy, Kelly Walls, Erica Leach (Matt), Katie Dawson (Clay) Heather Ivancic (Brian), Lauren Finklestein (Tyler) Elizabeth Holland (Shannon) Marissa Phipps (Clay), Ethan Phipps and a nephew she helped raise, Kenneth Jones of Jackson, MS.

Melody Messick (James) Valerie Williams, Dr. Lawrence Phipps (Karen) of Gulf Shores, AL, Nancy Murphy of Opelika, AL, Lillian Spivey of Opelika, AL, Charles Phipps (DeeDee) of Opelika, AL grandchildren, Kim Abbott (Darrin), Rob Selby (Susan), Lyn Pierce (Ben) Dr. She is survived by her seven children, Betty Perry of Huntsville, AL, Peggy Griffin (Ed) of Pelham, AL, Paul Phipps (Peggy) of Lawrenceville, GA, Dr. May was preceded in death by her parents, all her siblings and her husband of 42 years, Paul. She has been a faithful member and supporter of First Baptist Church for many years, and attended regularly until her health began to decline. She came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ at Southside Baptist Church, shortly after moving to Opelika. She spent her retirement years talking on the phone with family, and numerous Sunday School friends, who kept each other informed about the latest events in their lives, and letting each other know for whom to pray. Later in life, she went to nursing school, then worked as an orthopaedic nurse at East Alabama Medical Center until her retirement. She worked tirelessly as a stay at home mom, to take care of her husband and seven children. May served as a Safety Patrol Officer for Opelika City Schools. They were married in Rossville, Georgia, then were stationed at various locations until PaulвЂ™s Army service ended.ДЄfter Paul graduated from the University of Tennessee, May and Paul moved their growing family to Opelika so Paul could attend Auburn University. While in Washington, she met her future husband, Paul D Phipps, who was stationed nearby. to be a telephone operator there during World War II. As a telephone operator in Chicago, she requested to be transferred to Washington D.C. She graduated from Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois. She was the youngest of their seven children, and was born in the beautiful farmhouse her father built. May was born in Stratford, Wisconsin on May 5, 1924, to Henry and Amanda Oestreich. May Alice Amanda Oestreich Phipps passed away peacefully at her home on Main Opelika, Alabama.

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