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	Feb. 28, 2013	Jan. 31, 2012	Apr. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Feb. 28, 2013 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement First Amendment	Feb. 19, 2013 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement First Amendment	Dec. 31, 2013 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Third Amendment	Dec. 31, 2013 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions Third Amendment	Dec. 31, 2013 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Total Aggregate Consideration Third Amendment	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum	Feb. 28, 2013 Unsecured Promissory Notes	Dec. 31, 2014 Subsequent Event Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 7.875% senior notes, due 2021	Dec. 31, 2012 7.875% senior notes, due 2021	Dec. 31, 2013 7.875% senior notes, due 2021 Change of Control	Dec. 31, 2013 7.875% senior notes, due 2021 Debt Covenant and Other Agreement	Dec. 31, 2013 7.875% senior notes, due 2021 Covenant to Deliver Certain Reports	Dec. 31, 2013 7.875% senior notes, due 2021 Legal Actions	Dec. 31, 2013 7.875% senior notes, due 2021 Legal Actions Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 7.875% senior notes, due 2021 Debtor Optional Redemption Period 1	Dec. 31, 2013 7.875% senior notes, due 2021 Debtor Optional Redemption Period 1 Maximum	May 24, 2013 10.25% Senior Notes, due 2017	May 28, 2013 10.25% Senior Notes, due 2017	May 31, 2013 10.25% Senior Notes, due 2017	Dec. 31, 2013 10.25% Senior Notes, due 2017	Dec. 31, 2012 10.25% Senior Notes, due 2017	Aug. 31, 2007 Acquisition Credit Facility	Apr. 29, 2013 Acquisition Credit Facility	Aug. 15, 2007 Acquisition Credit Facility	Aug. 31, 2007 Revolving Credit Facilities	Apr. 29, 2013 Revolving Credit Facilities	Aug. 15, 2007 Revolving Credit Facilities	Aug. 15, 2007 Swing Line Loan	Jan. 31, 2012 Line of Credit	Dec. 31, 2013 Line of Credit Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Line of Credit Minimum Second Amendment	Dec. 31, 2013 Line of Credit Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Line of Credit Maximum Second Amendment	Dec. 31, 2013 Line of Credit Base Rate	Dec. 31, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility, due January 2017	Dec. 31, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility, due January 2017	Dec. 31, 2013 Notes Payable, other Payables Greenlawn Installment	Dec. 31, 2012 Notes Payable, other Payables Greenlawn	Dec. 31, 2013 Installment Notes Second Quarter 2010 Acquisition Installment	Dec. 31, 2012 Installment Notes Second Quarter 2010 Acquisition	Dec. 31, 2013 Installment Notes If StoneMor must include or incorporate by reference any historical financial information of the Cemeteries Second Quarter 2010 Acquisition	Dec. 31, 2013 Installment Loans Business Acquisitions	Dec. 31, 2012 Installment Loans Business Acquisitions	Dec. 31, 2013 Installment Loans Minimum Business Acquisitions	Dec. 31, 2013 Installment Loans Maximum Business Acquisitions
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Long-Term Debt, face amount														$ 3,000,000		$ 175,000,000									$ 132,200,000			$ 150,000,000																	$ 1,400,000
Debt instrument interest rate														5.00%		7.875%	7.875%									10.25%		10.25%	10.25%																6.50%				10.25%
Long-Term Debt, discount				4,115,000		3,344,000										3,800,000										3,800,000		2,600,000																			700,000			1,200,000
Debt premium percentage																												4.19%
Long-Term Debt, fair value																												182,300,000																			2,600,000			5,700,000
Long-Term Debt, Issued price per $100																										97.832%
Net proceeds from issuance of senior notes																											171,200,000
Long-Term Debt, debt issuance costs																											4,600,000
Long-Term Debt, maturity date	Feb. 19, 2014															Jun. 01, 2021												Dec. 01, 2017																			Apr. 01, 2014					Apr. 01, 2014	Feb. 19, 2019
Senior Notes, redemption percentage of principal amount																107.875%							100.00%					100.00%
Senior Notes, latest redemption date																								Jun. 01, 2016
Senior Notes, redemption notice period																							30 days					3 days
Senior Notes, redemption notice period																							60 days
Senior Notes, redemption percent																35.00%
Senior Notes, remaining redemption percent																65.00%
Senior Notes, closing redemption period																180 days
Senior Notes, purchase price as percentage of principal plus accrued and unpaid interest																		101.00%
Senior Notes, interest payment, default period																30 days
Senior Notes, number of continuance of failure notice after notice given date																			60 days	120 days	60 days
Senior Notes, percentage of principal amount																			25.00%	25.00%
Judgments or orders amount																						10,000,000
Long-Term Debt, original issue discount																												4,000,000
Long-Term Debt, expiration date																												2013-05-24
Tender offer percentage of outstanding notes																									88.10%
Senior Notes, redemption premium on principal amount																												9.554%
Extinguishment of debt costs				14,920,000	4,010,000																							14,900,000
Long-term debt, unamortized debt issuance costs expensed																												4,100,000
Long-term debt, expensed related to refinancing event																												6,700,000
Credit facility, borrowing capacity																															65,000,000	40,000,000		55,000,000	25,000,000	5,000,000
Credit facility, additional borrowing capacity																																15,000,000			10,000,000
Credit facility, term																														5 years			5 years
Long-Term Debt, number of amendments		2	8
Credit facility, borrowing capacity				130,000,000
Credit facility, maturity date																																					Jan. 19, 2017
Credit facility , increase in available credit							10,000,000
Credit facility , maximum borrowing								140,000,000
Debt covenant, Consolidated EBITDA requirement for recently completed four fiscal quarters									57,822,000
Debt covenant, Percentage of consolidated EBITDA									80.00%
Credit facility, interest rate margin on base rate									3.00%																													1.25%		3.00%
Credit facility, interest rate margin on Eurodollar rate									4.00%																													2.25%		4.00%
Credit facility, unused commitment fee rate									0.80%																														0.375%		0.80%
Credit facility, Consolidated Leverage Ratio				3.88					3.75
Amount of aggregate consideration company may pay without lender approval for permitted acquisitions										10,000,000	50,000,000
Debt Covenant, value of permitted acquisition consideration within preceding 180 days to be defined as Significant Permitted Acquisition									35,000,000
Debt Covenant, temporary increase in consolidated leverage ratio									4.00
Credit facility, interest rate																																						4.00%		4.30%
Credit facility, margin on Federal Funds Rate to calculate interest rate reference rate																																										0.50%
Credit facility, margin on Eurodollar Rate to calculate interest rate reference rate																																										1.00%
Credit facility covenants, Consolidated Debt Service Coverage Ratio				250.00%
Maintenance Capital Expenditures												7,300,000	6,700,000		8,000,000
Credit facility, outstanding borrowing amount																																											114,000,000
Credit facility, Consolidated Debt Service Coverage Ratio				3.33
Long-Term Debt, number of installment payments																																													96
Long-Term Debt				$ 296,047,000		$ 258,293,000								$ 500,000		$ 175,000,000													$ 150,000,000														$ 114,002,000	$ 101,700,000	$ 1,000,000	$ 1,200,000	$ 100,000	$ 300,000		$ 3,400,000	$ 3,300,000
Long-Term Debt, number of installment notes																																															2
Long-Term Debt, period																																															4 years