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Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Minimum [Member]
Mar. 31, 2014
Maximum [Member]
Mar. 31, 2014
Prime Rate [Member]
Mar. 31, 2014
Libor [Member]
Mar. 31, 2014
Ratio Maximum Per Covenant [Member]
Mar. 31, 2014
Ratio Minimum Per Covenant [Member]
Mar. 31, 2014
Ratio Actual [Member]
Mar. 31, 2014
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Feb. 27, 2014
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Senior Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Covenant To Actual Ratios [Line Items]                    
Total amount of secured bank credit facility replacing unsecured senior notes $ 255,000,000                  
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity 125,000,000                 150,000,000
Term loan facility 130,000,000                  
Revolving credit facility present accordion provisions 40,000,000                  
Credit facility maturity date (Date) Sep. 30, 2017                  
Amount drawn under term loan facility 114,000,000                  
Description of variable interest rate       prime rate LIBOR          
Basis spread on variable interest rate       1.50% 2.50%          
Weighted average interest rate                 2.70%  
(Decrease) in variable interest rate of debt instrument 0.50%                  
Assets and operations independent of subsidiaries $ 0                  
Dividend rate on term income deferrable convertible preferred securities held by Carriage Service Capital Trust SPE in connection with the trust's debentures (in Percent) 7.00%                  
Ratio of indebtedness to net capital (in Ratio)           3.75   2.18    
Change in ratio of indebtedness to net capital after June 29, 2014 (Ratio) 3.5                  
Ratio of earnings to fixed cost obligations (in Ratio)             1.2 1.83    
Deferred purchase price notes payable to sellers of acquired entities, discounted imputed interest rate (in Percent)   7.00% 11.00%              
Deferred purchase price note interest rate 0.00%                  
Imputed interest rate   9.50% 10.00%              
Deferred purchase price notes payable to sellers of acquired entities, range of original maturities (in years)   5 years 20 years