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Margaret (Peg) Caffey Tyler passed away quietly on November 6, 2023 at home after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. Peg and her twin sister, Patricia (Pat), were born in Birmingham, Alabama on January 1, 1951 where their father, Frank, was in UAB Medical School. The next day the Birmingham News had a large front-page picture of the proud intern holding his New Year's Day twins. The family moved to Anniston in 1952 where Peg graduated from Anniston Academy, now Donahue School in 1969. She was a member of the DD Club. Peg graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Art. She was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. After graduation she taught art in South Carolina for a year. Then she and her sister Pat moved up to Vermont for a couple of years before returning to Anniston to become travel agents and owners of Model City Travel Agency. Peg was a member of Revelers Krewe, Matron’s Study Club and The Morning Rotary Club. She was an active member in the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels where she sang in the choir. She was also on the Altar Guild, the Vestry and a member of The Daughters of the King. Peg will be remembered for the many beautiful flower arrangements that she and Pat made for the church altar. Peg was preceded in death by her parents Dr. B.F. Caffey, Jr and Margaret Caffey Wells, her stepfather, Robert B. Wells of Anniston, her sister, Jane Caffey Wensley of Westfield MA, her twin sister, Patricia Caffey Kemp along with her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. B.F. Caffey, Sr. of Choccolocco, Alabama, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Woodbury Throckmorton of Guntersville, Alabama. Peg is survived by her husband, George Tracy Tyler, her sisters, Caroline Caffey Knapp (Ken), both of Anniston, Mary Helen Caffey of Fruithurst, Alabama, her niece Elizabeth Wensley Hunt (Jason) of Fredonia, NY and her nephew, Robert Jefferies Wensley (Jenn) of Westfield, Massachusetts. Peg will be remembered by her friends and family for her energetic joy of life, her beautiful artwork and her loving kindness and thoughtfulness towards others. The family would like to thank Dr. Michael Hanna for his wonderful medical care and personal support of Peg through the years. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, on Friday, November 10 at St. Michael and All Angels Church in Anniston. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Michael and All Angels Church, P.O. Box 1884, Anniston, Alabama 36202.

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Margaret 'Peg' Caffey Tyler

January 1, 1951 - November 6, 2023