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Carriage Services to Present at the UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference

February 9, 2005 at 4:00 PM EST

HOUSTON, Feb 09, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) today announced that it will participate in the UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference to be held February 14 - 16, 2005 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City.

Mel Payne, Chief Executive Officer, and Joe Saporito, Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to present on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and is expected to last approximately 25 minutes. The live web cast link will be available on the Carriage Services website at http://www.carriageservices.com , as well as archived there for replay.

Carriage Services is the fourth largest publicly traded death care company. As of February 9, 2005, Carriage operates 134 funeral homes and 30 cemeteries in 28 states.

Contacts: Mel Payne, Chairman & CEO 

Joe Saporito, CFO
                Carriage Services, Inc.                    713-332-8400
Ken Dennard / Lisa Elliott                     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 or Lisa Elliott, both of DRG&E, +1-713-529-6600,
for Carriage Services, Inc.

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