HOUSTON, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Service Corporation International (NYSE: SRV) (SCI) today declared a regular cash dividend of 9 cents per share of common stock of the company.

R. L. Waltrip, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, said that the cash dividend is payable July 31, 1998, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 15, 1998.

As of March 31, 1998, SCI operated 3,166 funeral service locations, 398 cemeteries and 166 crematoria. SCI provides funeral and cemetery services in 18 countries on five continents. SCI's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company's ticker symbol is SRV.
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