Exhibit 99.2

           Service Corporation International Clarifies the Process of
               Redeeming Its Outstanding 6.75% Convertible Notes

    HOUSTON, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Service Corporation
International (NYSE: SRV), the world's largest funeral and cemetery company,
announced today in an earlier press release that it intends to call for
redemption all of its 6.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2008 (the
"Convertible Notes"), which have an outstanding principal amount of
$312.7 million.

    In connection with the call for redemption of the Convertible Notes,
holders of the Convertible Notes at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date of June 7, 2004, will receive a cash payment representing accrued
interest for the period up to but not including June 22, 2004, the Redemption
Date.  Interest is payable only to holders of record of the Convertible Notes
at the close of business on June 7, 2004; therefore, holders of Convertible
Notes surrendered for conversion prior to the close of business on
June 7, 2004 will not receive any cash payment representing accrued interest
thereon.  The right of holders to surrender their Convertible Notes for
conversion expires at the close of business on June 22, 2004.  Holders of
Convertible Notes surrendered for conversion during the period commencing at
the opening of business on the date after June 7, 2004 through and including
the close of business on June 22, 2004, will receive a cash payment
representing accrued interest for the period up to but not including
June 22, 2004.

    Holders will receive a notice of redemption pursuant to the terms of the
Convertible Notes.  The Company's press release issued earlier today
announcing our intent to redeem the Convertible Notes can be found on our
website at www.sci-corp.com .


    Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements

    The statements in this press release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements have been made
in reliance on the "safe harbor" protections provided under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These statements may be accompanied
by words such as "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect," "anticipate," or
"predict," that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes.  These
statements are based on assumptions that we believe are reasonable; however,
many important factors could cause our actual results in the future to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements made herein and in any other
documents or oral presentations made by, or on behalf of, of us.  Important
factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements include, among others, our ability to complete the
redemption of the Convertible Notes.

    For further information on these and other risks and uncertainties, see
our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our 2003 Annual
Report on Form 10-K.  Copies of this document as well as other SEC filings can
be found on our website at www.sci-corp.com .  We assume no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or any
other forward-looking statements made by us, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.


    Service Corporation International headquartered in Houston, Texas is the
world's largest funeral and cemetery company.  We have an extensive network of
providers including 1,218 funeral service locations, 402 cemeteries and
141 crematoria providing funeral and cemetery services in North America as of
March 31, 2004.  We also own funeral and cemetery businesses in South America,
Singapore and Germany.  For more information about Service Corporation
International, please visit our website at www.sci-corp.com .


     For additional information contact:

     Investors:  Debbie Young - Director of Investor Relations
                 (713) 525-9088
     Media:      Terry Hemeyer - Managing Director / Corporate Communications
                 (713) 525-5497


SOURCE  Service Corporation International
    -0-                             05/13/2004
    /CONTACT:  investors, Debbie Young, Director of Investor Relations,
+1-713-525-9088, or media, Terry Hemeyer, Managing Director - Corporate
Communications, +1-713-525-5497, both of Service Corporation International/
    /Web site:  http://www.sci-corp.com /
    (SRV)

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