Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations	$ 19,832,492	$ 18,639,401	$ 58,504,712	$ 56,640,590
Net investment income	10,478,566	9,641,496	31,061,069	29,457,892
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	3,526,416	3,646,290	11,205,774	10,430,128
Gains (losses) on investments and other assets	(519,673)	1,022,427	261,095	25,371,595
Mortgage fee income	39,735,752	31,664,704	97,161,190	88,833,944
Other Revenues	2,326,106	2,608,775	7,124,836	7,430,179
Total revenues	75,379,659	67,223,093	205,318,676	218,164,328
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits	9,937,711	8,616,285	29,264,410	27,579,540
Surrenders and other policy benefits	636,366	692,445	2,266,275	2,198,479
Increase in future policy benefits	5,980,721	6,686,536	17,407,962	18,420,499
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired	3,477,160	2,746,288	9,678,912	7,967,003
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions	16,714,061	13,619,192	40,243,042	39,361,315
Personnel	16,287,957	17,075,236	47,018,553	50,547,638
Advertising	1,361,745	1,423,933	3,566,823	3,647,610
Rent and rent related	1,749,402	1,913,813	5,377,869	5,806,296
Depreciation on property and equipment	421,970	457,430	1,294,576	1,426,087
Costs related to funding mortgage loans	1,917,390	1,732,617	4,831,604	5,147,557
Other	9,355,218	7,616,264	25,154,712	21,562,432
Interest expense	2,078,733	1,855,548	5,353,177	5,297,066
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries	701,403	575,708	2,044,937	1,641,596
Total benefits and expenses	70,619,837	65,011,295	193,502,852	190,603,118
Earnings before income taxes	4,759,822	2,211,798	11,815,824	27,561,210
Income tax expense	(1,142,408)	(198,052)	(2,788,038)	(5,383,324)
Net earnings	$ 3,617,414	$ 2,013,746	$ 9,027,786	$ 22,177,886
Earnings Per Share, Basic	$ 0.21	$ 0.12	$ 0.52	$ 1.30
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	$ 0.21	$ 0.12	$ 0.52	$ 1.28
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic	17,230,987	17,152,656	17,240,745	17,072,531
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted	17,420,731	17,387,326	17,434,755	17,295,302