Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Unaudited) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Revenues:
Mortgage fee income		$ 25,989,006	$ 48,344,445
Insurance premiums and other considerations		27,967,292	26,341,952
Net investment income		17,774,883	15,194,306
Net mortuary and cemetery sales		6,471,429	7,205,721
Gains on investments and other assets		111,154	171,975
Other		1,186,970	5,167,508
Total revenues		79,500,734	102,425,907
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits		16,678,366	16,884,706
Surrenders and other policy benefits		1,132,693	1,323,168
Increase in future policy benefits		8,054,939	6,771,101
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired		4,883,581	4,396,413
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions		9,673,310	19,902,202
Personnel		21,962,512	26,874,764
Advertising		903,411	1,711,795
Rent and rent related		1,776,780	1,659,270
Depreciation on property and equipment		588,416	615,544
Costs related to funding mortgage loans		1,842,342	2,839,463
Other		7,780,535	12,091,636
Interest expense		1,453,333	1,727,315
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries		1,185,628	1,185,014
Total benefits and expenses		77,915,846	97,982,391
Earnings before income taxes		1,584,888	4,443,516
Income tax expense		(344,716)	(1,214,798)
Net earnings		$ 1,240,172	$ 3,228,718
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share	[1]	$ 0.06	$ 0.15
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution	[1]	$ 0.06	$ 0.15
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding	[1]	21,080,549	21,381,988
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution	[1]	21,612,035	22,266,473

[1] Net 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.