EXHIBIT 99.2


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


                        SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL
              ANNOUNCES THE SUBMISSION OF ITS SEC CERTIFICATION AND
                 THE ENGAGEMENT OF A CORPORATE GOVERNANCE EXPERT


HOUSTON, TEXAS, August 14, 2002 . . . Service Corporation International (NYSE:
SRV), the world's largest funeral and cemetery company, announced that its
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert L. Waltrip, and its Chief Financial
Officer, Jeffrey E. Curtiss, have submitted to the Securities and Exchange
Commission today their Certifications of Exchange Act filings. This action is in
response to a June 27, 2002 order by the SEC requiring approximately 950
companies to certify under oath to the effect they know of no material
misstatements or omissions in their Exchange Act filings in 2002.

The Company also announced that its Board of Directors at its regularly
scheduled quarterly board meeting today has engaged Mercer Delta Consulting,
LLC, to consult with the Board in a comprehensive assessment of the Company's
corporate governance practices. Dr. David J. Nygren is a partner from Mercer
Delta Consulting, LLC, who will lead the consulting engagement with the
Company's Board of Directors.

COMMENTING ON THE CONSULTING ENGAGEMENT, SCI CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER, ROBERT L. WALTRIP, SAID:
"Our Board of Directors is very pleased to be working with Mercer Delta
Consulting, LLC, as we continue to examine and strengthen all aspects of
corporate governance at our Company."

Mercer Delta Consulting, LLC, is a management consulting firm that provides
services related to the management of strategic-level organizational change to
major corporations and other institutions. Dr. Nygren leads the Global Corporate
Board Effectiveness practice and specializes in corporate governance,
organizational strategy, merger integration, executive leadership and change.

As of June 30, 2002, the Company and its affiliates operated 2,466 funeral
service locations, 459 cemeteries and 154 crematoria and provides funeral and
cemetery services in 8 countries.


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For additional information contact:

                                                                         
Investor Relations: Eric D. Tanzberger - Vice President/Investor Relations     Tel:  (713) 525-7768
                                         Assistant Corporate Controller

                    Debbie E. Fisher - Director/Investor Relations             Tel:  (713) 525-9088

Media Relations:    Greg Bolton - Director/Corporate Communications            Tel:  (713) 525-5235



Other Service Corporation International information and news releases are
available through SCI's corporate website at: http://www.sci-corp.com.



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