Income Statement (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations	$ 53,008,679	$ 50,471,658	$ 48,216,327
Net investment income	28,303,740	20,354,002	21,915,577
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	11,426,308	12,000,375	10,864,497
Realized gains on investments and other assets	1,918,176	1,418,051	1,424,510
Other than temporary impairments	(164,240)	(336,226)	(1,207,632)
Mortgage fee income	128,696,998	128,800,930	151,887,838
Other income	3,747,013	2,606,230	1,159,052
Total revenues	226,936,674	215,315,020	234,260,169
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits	27,100,278	26,048,325	22,277,037
Surrenders and other policy benefits	2,689,686	2,486,611	1,969,051
Increase in future policy benefits	18,060,151	19,594,890	21,435,191
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired	6,892,978	5,181,837	5,449,429
Commissions	59,876,675	65,979,564	83,840,427
Personnel	49,360,406	42,795,925	35,469,486
Advertising	4,584,436	4,837,714	4,050,187
Rent and rent related	6,135,876	5,457,988	4,503,285
Depreciation on property and equipment	2,177,165	1,621,069	1,258,097
Provision for loan losses and loss reserve	3,053,403	1,751,472	4,239,418
Costs related to funding mortgage loans	6,877,069	6,635,290	6,931,045
Other expenses	22,800,066	18,328,005	16,017,975
Interest expense	2,994,429	2,853,701	3,744,293
Cost of goods and services sold - mortuaries and cemeteries	1,853,103	1,918,902	1,723,955
Total benefits and expenses	214,455,721	205,491,293	212,908,876
Earnings before income taxes	12,480,953	9,823,727	21,351,293
Income tax expense	(4,726,305)	(2,237,806)	(4,638,775)
Net earnings	$ 7,754,648	$ 7,585,921	$ 16,712,518
Net earnings per Class A equivalent common share (1)	$ 0.62	$ 0.61	$ 1.46
Net earnings per Class A equivalent common share - assuming dilution(1)	$ 0.60	$ 0.58	$ 1.39
Weighted average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding (1)	12,518,743	12,366,029	11,427,568
Weighted average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution (1)	12,928,009	12,981,576	12,026,849