CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 279,539	$ 257,242
Costs and Expenses:
Cost of goods sold	40,119	37,088
Cemetery expense	68,654	69,828
Selling expense	49,668	53,710
General and administrative expense	37,970	40,830
Corporate overhead	35,975	51,107
Depreciation and amortization	9,152	10,154
Total costs and expenses	276,327	297,257
Other gains (losses), net	129	(7,913)
Operating income (loss)	3,341	(47,928)
Interest expense	(45,537)	(45,246)
Loss on debt extinguishment		(8,478)
Loss on goodwill impairment		(24,862)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	(42,196)	(126,514)
Income tax benefit (expense)	4,855	(28,204)
Net loss from continuing operations	(37,341)	(154,718)
Discontinued operations (Note 2):
Income from operations of discontinued businesses	28,982	2,776
Net income from discontinued operations	28,982	2,776
Net loss	$ (8,359)	$ (151,942)
Net loss from continuing operations per common share (basic)	$ (0.35)	$ (3.91)
Net income from discontinued operations per common share (basic)	0.27	0.07
Net loss per common share (basic)	(0.08)	(3.84)
Net loss from continuing operations per common share (diluted)	(0.35)	(3.90)
Net income from discontinued operations per common share (diluted)	0.27	0.07
Net loss per common share (diluted)	$ (0.08)	$ (3.83)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic	106,991	39,614
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - diluted	106,991	39,677
Cemetery
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 237,886	$ 216,622
Costs and Expenses:
Operating costs and expenses	196,411	201,456
Cemetery | Interments
Revenues:
Revenues	67,853	57,010
Cemetery | Merchandise
Revenues:
Revenues	60,600	59,938
Cemetery | Services
Revenues:
Revenues	65,701	62,676
Cemetery | Investment and other
Revenues:
Revenues	43,732	36,998
Funeral Home
Revenues:
Revenues	41,653	40,620
Costs and Expenses:
Operating costs and expenses	34,789	34,540
Funeral Home | Merchandise
Revenues:
Revenues	21,637	19,682
Costs and Expenses:
Operating costs and expenses	5,872	5,725
Funeral Home | Services
Revenues:
Revenues	20,016	20,938
Costs and Expenses:
Operating costs and expenses	18,078	17,144
Funeral Home | Investment and other
Costs and Expenses:
Operating costs and expenses	$ 10,839	$ 11,671