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  0001557459
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001016281
  Carriage Services, Inc.
  001-11961
  3040 Post Oak Blvd.
  Suite 300
  Houston
  TX
  77056
  713-332-8400
  Paul D. Elliot
  Other - SVP & Regional Partner
  Common Stock
  Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
  880 Carillon Parkway
  St. Petersburg
  FL
  33716
  6500
  168163.83
  15141435
  03/20/2024
  NYSE
  Class A Common
  09/07/2017
  Option Exercise
  Issuer
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  6029
  09/07/2017
  N/A
  Class A Common
  05/14/2013
  Purchase
  Issuer
  N
  471
  05/14/2013
  N/A
  Y
  03/20/2024
  /s/ Paul D. Elliot