SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION - Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash	$ 27,066	$ 34,867	$ 27,100
Restricted cash	20,400	21,900
Assets held for sale	77,850	23,858
Other current assets	75,758	77,714
Total current assets	201,074	158,339
Long-term accounts receivable	71,474	75,549
Cemetery and funeral home property and equipment	397,100	424,005
Merchandise trusts	437,638	517,192
Perpetual care trusts	284,832	343,619
Deferred selling and obtaining costs	113,611	114,944
Intangible assets	55,942	56,246
Other assets	26,748	29,474
Total assets	1,588,419	1,719,368
Liabilities and Owners' Equity
Current liabilities	104,634	76,301
Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs	341,443	367,963
Deferred revenues	867,407	949,375
Perpetual care trust corpus	284,832	343,619
Other long-term liabilities	83,215	84,600
Total liabilities	1,681,531	1,821,858
Owners' equity	(93,112)	(102,490)
Total liabilities and owners' equity	1,588,419	1,719,368
Parent
Liabilities and Owners' Equity
Investments in and amounts due to affiliates eliminated upon consolidation	93,112	102,490
Total liabilities	93,112	102,490
Owners' equity	(93,112)	(102,490)
Partnership
Current assets:
Investments in and amounts due from affiliates eliminated upon consolidation	279,834	301,531
Total assets	279,834	301,531
Liabilities and Owners' Equity
Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs	279,834	301,531
Investments in and amounts due to affiliates eliminated upon consolidation	93,112	102,490
Total liabilities	372,946	404,021
Owners' equity	(93,112)	(102,490)
Total liabilities and owners' equity	279,834	301,531
CFS West Virginia
Current assets:
Other current assets	3,565	3,497
Total current assets	3,565	3,497
Long-term accounts receivable	2,345	2,557
Cemetery and funeral home property and equipment	531	609
Deferred selling and obtaining costs	5,704	5,654
Total assets	12,145	12,317
Liabilities and Owners' Equity
Current liabilities	180	161
Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs	61,470	66,239
Deferred revenues	31,431	33,349
Investments in and amounts due to affiliates eliminated upon consolidation	177,069	183,611
Total liabilities	270,150	283,360
Owners' equity	(258,005)	(271,043)
Total liabilities and owners' equity	12,145	12,317
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash	25,621	33,553
Restricted cash	20,400	21,900
Assets held for sale	77,850	23,858
Other current assets	60,619	62,686
Total current assets	184,490	141,997
Long-term accounts receivable	59,074	63,124
Cemetery and funeral home property and equipment	364,534	391,626
Deferred selling and obtaining costs	89,682	91,243
Intangible assets	98	136
Other assets	24,141	26,907
Investments in and amounts due from affiliates eliminated upon consolidation	576,588	648,359
Total assets	1,298,607	1,363,392
Liabilities and Owners' Equity
Current liabilities	102,968	74,674
Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs	139	193
Deferred revenues	727,227	802,528
Other long-term liabilities	66,670	68,227
Investments in and amounts due to affiliates eliminated upon consolidation	341,304	367,770
Total liabilities	1,238,308	1,313,392
Owners' equity	60,299	50,000
Total liabilities and owners' equity	1,298,607	1,363,392
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash	1,445	1,314
Other current assets	11,574	11,531
Total current assets	13,019	12,845
Long-term accounts receivable	10,055	9,868
Cemetery and funeral home property and equipment	32,035	31,770
Merchandise trusts	437,638	517,192
Perpetual care trusts	284,832	343,619
Deferred selling and obtaining costs	18,225	18,047
Intangible assets	55,844	56,110
Other assets	2,607	2,567
Total assets	854,255	992,018
Liabilities and Owners' Equity
Current liabilities	1,486	1,466
Deferred revenues	108,749	113,498
Perpetual care trust corpus	284,832	343,619
Other long-term liabilities	16,545	16,373
Investments in and amounts due to affiliates eliminated upon consolidation	494,246	567,666
Total liabilities	905,858	1,042,622
Owners' equity	(51,603)	(50,604)
Total liabilities and owners' equity	854,255	992,018
Eliminations
Current assets:
Investments in and amounts due from affiliates eliminated upon consolidation	(856,422)	(949,890)
Total assets	(856,422)	(949,890)
Liabilities and Owners' Equity
Investments in and amounts due to affiliates eliminated upon consolidation	(1,198,843)	(1,324,027)
Total liabilities	(1,198,843)	(1,324,027)
Owners' equity	342,421	374,137
Total liabilities and owners' equity	$ (856,422)	$ (949,890)