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HOUSTON, Oct 19, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) today announced that it will participate in the Sanders Morris Harris Middle Market Investor Growth Conference to be held at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in New York City on October 23 and 24, 2006.

Mel Payne, Chief Executive Officer, and Joe Saporito, Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to present on Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet, and the web cast link will be available on the company's website at http://www.carriageservices.com and will also be archived there for replay.

Carriage Services is a leading provider of death care services and products in the United States. As of October 19, 2006, Carriage operates 131 funeral homes in 27 states and 28 cemeteries in 11 states.

     Contacts:  Mel Payne, Chairman & CEO
                Joe Saporito, CFO
                Carriage Services, Inc.
                713-332-8400

                Ken Dennard / ksdennard@drg-e.com
                Kip Rupp / krupp@drg-e.com
                DRG&E  / 713-529-6600

SOURCE Carriage Services, Inc.

Mel Payne, Chairman & CEO, or Joe Saporito, CFO, both of Carriage Services, Inc.,
+1-713-332-8400; or Ken Dennard, ksdennard@drg-e.com , or Kip Rupp, krupp@drg-e.com ,
both of DRG&E, +1-713-529-6600

http://www.carriageservices.com

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