Exhibit 99.1

   SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL TO PRESENT AT BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
                     HEALTH CARE CONFERENCE ON MAY 17, 2005

    HOUSTON, MAY 13 /PRNEWSWIRE-FIRSTCALL/ -- SERVICE CORPORATION International
(NYSE: SCI) announced today that the Company's President and Chief Executive
Officer, Tom Ryan, will make a presentation at the Banc of America Securities
Health Care Conference to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada at 5:40 p.m. (Eastern) on
Tuesday, May 17, 2005. The presentation will be webcast live and will be
available through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at
http://www.sci-corp.com/InvestorPres.html . An audio replay of the webcast will
be available on the Company's website through June 3, 2005. The presentation
slides will be archived for a period of approximately ninety days.

    Service Corporation International, headquartered in Houston, Texas, owns and
operates funeral service locations and cemeteries. We have an extensive network
of businesses including 1,169 funeral service locations and 390 cemeteries in
North America as of March 31, 2005. For more information about Service
Corporation International, please visit our website at http://www.sci-corp.com .

    For additional information contact:

    Investors:  Debbie Young - Director / Investor Relations
                (713) 525-9088

    Media:      Terry Hemeyer - Managing Director / Corporate Communications
                (713) 525-5497

SOURCE  Service Corporation International
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    /CONTACT:  investors, Debbie Young, Director-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
                http://www.sci-corp.com/InvestorPres.html /

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