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Phyllis Jeanne Shaffer, Carlyle Group

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, February 10, 2008

Miami — Phyllis Jeanne Shaffer, who worked with her husband, Martin "Buddy" Shaffer, for 45 years as owners of home furnishings sales company the Carlyle Group, has died. She was 67.

She was a longtime member of the Florida Home Furnishings Representatives Assn.

She is survived by her husband, her mother, two children, two grandchildren, two brothers, a sister and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation in memory of Phyllis Jeanne Shaffer, 2410 Patterson St., Suite 110, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. A guestbook is online at www.MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.

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