Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations		$ 81,860,610	$ 75,928,910
Net investment income		43,019,473	39,913,267
Net mortuary and cemetery sales		15,296,235	13,726,518
Gains on investments and other assets		728,367	23,941,179
Mortgage fee income		131,976,082	116,185,853
Other Revenues		10,180,163	9,923,000
Total revenues		283,060,930	279,618,727
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits		41,591,057	36,298,789
Surrenders and other policy benefits		3,320,748	2,886,298
Increase in future policy benefits		23,568,497	24,332,088
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired		14,634,577	11,631,346
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions		56,762,891	50,291,352
Personnel		64,221,270	67,368,952
Advertising		4,784,558	4,602,591
Rent and rent related		7,055,456	7,605,375
Depreciation on property and equipment		1,711,369	1,867,001
Costs related to funding mortgage loans		6,278,954	6,423,944
Other		34,922,761	31,014,999
Interest expense		7,386,688	6,956,707
Cost of goods and services sold - cemeteries and mortuaries		2,878,169	2,158,895
Total benefits and expenses		269,116,995	253,438,337
Earnings before income taxes		13,943,935	26,180,390
Income tax expense		(3,050,416)	(4,494,311)
Net earnings		$ 10,893,519	$ 21,686,079
Earnings Per Share, Basic	[1]	$ 0.60	$ 1.21
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	[1]	$ 0.60	$ 1.19
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic	[1]	18,104,681	17,968,062
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted	[1]	18,229,116	18,188,665

[1] Earnings per share amounts have been adjusted retroactively for the effect of annual stock dividends. The weighted-average shares outstanding includes the weighted-average Class A common shares and the weighted-average Class C common shares determined on an equivalent Class A common stock basis. Net earnings per common share represent net earnings per equivalent Class A common share