Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Statement - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 238,254	$ 194,986
Receivables, net	86,946	98,455
Inventories	27,375	26,431
Other	38,182	34,524
Total current assets	390,757	354,396
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	1,862,655	1,817,445
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	2,581,745	2,487,720
Cemetery property	1,782,731	1,776,935
Property and equipment, net	1,810,347	1,827,587
Goodwill	1,805,590	1,799,081
Deferred charges and other assets	584,406	567,520
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,440,935	1,407,465
Total assets	12,259,166	12,038,149
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	477,002	439,936
Current maturities of long-term debt	63,606	89,974
Income taxes payable	72,382	7,960
Total current liabilities	612,990	537,870
Long-term debt	3,224,653	3,196,616
Deferred preneed funeral revenue	580,676	581,280
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue	1,180,388	1,150,137
Deferred tax liability	446,086	454,638
Other liabilities	362,338	510,322
Deferred preneed receipts held in trust	3,226,020	3,103,796
Care trusts’ corpus	1,442,265	1,408,243
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Equity:
Common stock, $1 per share par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 196,761,485 and 195,403,644 shares issued, respectively, and 187,949,951 and 189,405,244 shares outstanding, respectively	187,950	189,405
Capital in excess of par value	968,194	990,203
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	5,369	(103,387)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	19,656	16,492
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,181,169	1,092,713
Noncontrolling interests	2,581	2,534
Total equity	1,183,750	1,095,247
Total liabilities and equity	$ 12,259,166	$ 12,038,149