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Preneed Trust Investments (Preneed cemetery trust investment security transactions) (Details) (Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments [Member], Interest Income and Other, Net [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments [Member] | Interest Income and Other, Net [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Investment income	$ 517us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember	$ 543us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember
Realized gains	358us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember	539us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember
Realized losses	(798)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember	(188)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember
Expenses and taxes	(319)us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInvestmentExpense / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember	(558)us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInvestmentExpense / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember
Increase (decrease) in deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust	$ 242us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInMarketableSecuritiesRestricted / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember	$ (336)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInMarketableSecuritiesRestricted / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_InterestIncomeMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember

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This item represents the gross profit realized on the sale of debt or equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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