Nancie Lee Tyler, 76, of La Grange Texas, quietly passed away Sunday, November 27th, 2016 under the compassionate care of Kindred Hospice at St David’s Hospital and Rehab of Austin where she had been a patient since September 23rd.
Nancie was born on January 4th, 1940, in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, the eldest daughter of Nelson A. “Casey” and Sara Louise “Sally” Fenner Jones. She attended school in Catawissa, Pennsylvania until the family moved to Texas in 1954. She graduated from Kyle High School, Class of 1957. She started her work career as a mermaid at Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, where she swam with Ralph the pig and was an assistant to P.J. Allen in Kyle decorating floats for parades. Nancie married Kenneth Doyle Tyler in October, 1959 and remained a Kyle resident until the family removed to Birmingham, Alabama in 1965. While living in Alabama, she kept her home and hearth, raised three children, became a lifelong active member of the American Baha’i Faith Community and worked for a time for Protective Life Insurance. She returned to Texas, moving to Fayette County in 1996, where she owned and operated Paperbacks Bookstore, was an active Friend of the Library and a dedicated volunteer at 2nd Chance Emporium.
At heart, Nancie was an eccentric artist and collector known for her generosity, humor and wit.
