Carriage Services, Inc. provides death care services and merchandise in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. The Funeral Home Operations segment offers burial and cremation services, and related merchandise to meet a family's death care needs, including consultation; removal and preparation of remains; sale of caskets and related funeral merchandise; use of funeral home facilities for visitation and services; and transportation services. The Cemetery Operations segment provides products and services, such as interment services; the rights to interment in cemetery sites comprising grave sites, mausoleum crypts, and niches; and related cemetery merchandise, including memorials and vaults. As of December 31, 2012, the company operated 167 funeral homes in 26 states and 33 cemeteries in 12 states. Carriage Services, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.