Preliminary Assessment of Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired and Resulting Gain on Bargain Purchase of Third Quarter Twenty Thirteen (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Aug. 01, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Accounts receivable	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Cemetery property	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Property and equipment	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Perpetual care trusts, restricted, at fair value Merchandise Trusts	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Perpetual care trusts, restricted, at fair value Perpetual care trusts	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Merchandise Liabilities Noncurrent	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Deferred margin	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Perpetual care trust corpus Perpetual care trusts	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Other liabilities	Sep. 30, 2013 Third Quarter 2013 Acquisition Preliminary Allocation Deferred tax liability
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of assets acquired					$ 525			$ 5,461	$ 5,888
Estimated fair value of property acquired						3,900	1,047
Total assets				16,821
Estimated fair value of liabilities assumed										1,252	1,356	5,888	94	701
Total liabilities				9,291
Fair value of net assets acquired				7,530
Consideration paid			5,000	5,000
Gain on bargain purchase	$ 2,530	$ 122		$ 2,530