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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-082031
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240329
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240329

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001016281
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		IRS NUMBER:				760423828
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11961
		FILM NUMBER:		24804050

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3040 POST OAK BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77056
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-332-8400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3040 POST OAK BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77056
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. &#8195;) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Filed by the Registrant&#8194;<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">&#9746;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant&#8194;<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Check the appropriate box: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt">Preliminary Proxy Statement</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt"><B>Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only&nbsp;(as permitted by Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt">Definitive Proxy Statement</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt">Definitive Additional Materials</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt">Soliciting Material Under Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Carriage Services, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify"><B>(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt">No fee required.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-6(i)(1)</FONT> and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">0-11.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">&nbsp;&#8195;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">&nbsp;&#8195;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;0-11</FONT> (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">&nbsp;&#8195;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">&nbsp;&#8195;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Total fee paid:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">&nbsp;&#8195;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials:</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">0-11(a)(2)</FONT> and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its
filing.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Amount previously paid:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Filing Party:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">&nbsp;&#8195;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Date Filed:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Important Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting of
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>To Be Held On: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>May&nbsp;14, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3040 Post Oak Blvd., Lobby Conference Room, Houston, Texas 77056 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:10.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Julie Sanders</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:10.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Somer
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