SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 15, 2004

                        SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Texas                        1-6402-1                74-1488375
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission file        (I. R. S. employer
     of incorporation)                   number)          identification number)

    1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas                           77019
 (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip code)

      Registrant's telephone numbers, including area code - (713) 522-5141




Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

      On  March  15,  2004,  Service  Corporation  International  issued a press
release disclosing its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of
2003.  A copy of the press  release is  furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report
and is incorporated herein by reference.


      The attached  Exhibit  99.1 is not filed,  but is furnished to comply with
Regulation FD. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the
exhibit,  shall  not  be  deemed  "filed"  for  purposes  of  Section  18 of the
Securities   Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange   Act"),  or
incorporated  by reference in any filing under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such a filing.

                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

March 15, 2004                                 SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

                                               By: /s/ Eric D. Tanzberger
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                                                   Eric D. Tanzberger
                                                   Vice President and
                                                   Corporate Controller


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                                  Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number    Description
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99.1              Press  release,  dated  March  15,  2004,  issued  by  Service
                  Corporation International
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