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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 9
                                     TO THE
                 STEWART ENTERPRISES EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT TRUST
                             (A PROFIT SHARING PLAN)
                                 TRUST AGREEMENT

      WHEREAS, Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") is a sponsor of the
Stewart Enterprises Employees' Retirement Trust (A Profit Sharing Plan) Trust
Agreement (the "Plan"), which was originally adopted January 1, 1981, and has
been amended from time to time;

      WHEREAS, Section 15.1 of the Plan provides that the Plan can be amended by
the Company; and

      WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Company to amend the Plan to comply with
changes to the cashout threshold for terminated participant accounts required by
the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001;

      NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended effective March 28, 2005, as
follows:

                                       I.

      The term "$5,000" in the following sections of the Plan is hereby deleted
and replaced with "$1,000":

      Sections 6.2(b), 6.2(c), 6.3(b), 6.4

                                       II.

      The last sentence of Section 6.4 of the Plan is hereby deleted, reversing
a change implemented via Amendment No. 4 to the Plan.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this amendment to be
executed this _____ day of December, 2005.

WITNESSES:                               STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

___________________________________      By: ___________________________________
                                             Lisa T. Winningkoff
                                             Stewart Enterprises Employees'
                                             Retirement Trust
                                             Administrative and Investment
                                             Committee
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                     TO THE
                            STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
                           SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT AND
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

      WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (the
"Company") wishes to amend the Supplemental Retirement and Deferred Compensation
Plan (the "Plan") to add deferral election flexibility allowed under guidance
issued pursuant to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and to name the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors as the Administrator of the
Plan;

      NOW THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended effective January 1, 2005, as
follows:

                                       I.

      Article 2.2 is amended and restated to read as follows:

            2.2 ADMINISTRATOR means the person(s) or entity(ies) appointed by
      the Board to administer the Plan on its behalf. Currently, the
      Administrator is the Compensation Committee of the Board. The
      Administrator may delegate its responsibilities hereunder to one or more
      employees of the Company, but no person shall participate in any action or
      determination regarding his or her own benefits hereunder.

                                       II.

      Article III is amended to add a new Section 3.2, as follows:

            3.2 ELECTIVE DEFERRAL ELECTION MODIFICATIONS DURING 2005.
      Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, an Eligible
      Employee who has made a deferral election for 2005 pursuant to Section 3.1
      of the Plan may revise such election by reducing the percentage of Plan
      Compensation deferred by such employee during 2005, or to revoke such
      election completely, up until December 23, 2005. Any Elective Deferrals
      returned to an Eligible Employee pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be
      distributed to such employee during 2005.

                                       II.

      The first sentence of Section 10.3 is revised and restated to read as
follows:

      Although it is expected that this Plan shall continue indefinitely, the
      Compensation Committee of the Board may amend this Plan from time to time
      in any respect, and may at any time terminate the Plan in its entirety;
      provided, however, that a Participant's Accounts as of the date of any
      such amendment or termination may not

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      be reduced nor may any such amendment or termination adversely affect a
      Participant's entitlement to his or her Accounts as of such date.

      Executed in ___________, Louisiana, this _____ day of December, 2005.

WITNESSES:                                   STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

___________________________________          By: _______________________________

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                             AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE
                            STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

      This Amendment No. 1 to the Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan is dated effective as of April 1, 2005.

      WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Stewart
Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") wishes to amend the Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan (the "SERP") to add a participant and to adjust the benefit
payment dates;

      NOW THEREFORE, the SERP is hereby amended as follows:

                                       I.

      Article 3, Section 10 shall be amended to name G. Kenneth Stephens, Jr. as
a Class B participant and to delete the second paragraph thereof, such that, as
amended, Article 3, Section 10 shall read as follows:

            10. PARTICIPANT means each of the nine executives of the Employer
      listed below as a Class A Participant or a Class B Participant, and each
      executive added to either list hereafter by action of the Plan
      Administrator:

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         CLASS A                                    CLASS B
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<S>                                     <C>
William E. Rowe                         Brent F. Heffron
Brian J. Marlowe                        Randall L. Stricklin
Kenneth C. Budde                        G. Kenneth Stephens, Jr.
                                        Everett N. Kendrick
                                        Lawrence B. Hawkins
                                        Michael K. Crane
</TABLE>

                                       II.

      Article 2 of the Plan shall be amended to add the following new paragraph:

      Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in Sections 1.3, 1.7, 4.3,
      5.1, 6.1 of the Plan, or in any other Section of the Plan, benefits that
      would otherwise be paid on a monthly basis on the first of the month shall
      be paid on the date(s) that correspond to the issuance of payroll checks
      by the Employer, with adjustments to the amount of each payment and to the
      number of payments as necessary and appropriate (e.g. to account for
      greater frequency of distributions during a given month).

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      Executed in New Orleans, Louisiana, this 2nd day of May, 2005.

WITNESSES:                                  STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

__________________________________          By:  The Compensation Committee
                                                 Of the Board of Directors

__________________________________

                                            By:  /s/ JAMES W. MCFARLAND
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                                                     James W. McFarland,
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.4

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                     TO THE
                   STEWART ENTERPRISES PUERTO RICO EMPLOYEES'
                                RETIREMENT TRUST

      WHEREAS, Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") is a sponsor of the
Stewart Enterprises Puerto Rico Employees' Retirement Trust (the "Plan"), which
was originally adopted effective January 1, 2003;

      WHEREAS, the documents constituting the Plan are the Popular Master Plan
Master Defined Contribution Retirement Plan effective October 1, 2001 ("Master
Plan"), the 1165(e) Plan Adoption Agreement effective October 1, 2001 ("Adoption
Agreement"), and the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Master Defined Contribution
Retirement Plan Master Trust ("Trust")

      WHEREAS, Section 15.2 of the Master Plan provides that the Adoption
Agreement can be amended by the Company;

      WHEREAS, the Committee amended the Plan on December 22, 2004 to require
that forfeitures be used to offset Plan expenses or to offset employer
contributions, effective January 1, 2005, and such action of the Committee
should be reflected in the Adoption Agreement; and

      WHEREAS, new investment funds have been added to the Plan;

      NOW, THEREFORE, the Adoption Agreement is amended effective January 1,
2005, as follows:

                                       I.

      The Forfeitures section on Page 11 of the Adoption Agreement is revised to
delete the X in the first box and to place an X in the second box, as follows:

      Forfeitures under the Plan will be (choose one):

      [ ]   allocated to Participant's accounts during the Plan Year in the
            proportion that each such Participant's Compensation during such
            Plan Year bears to the total compensation during such Plan Year of
            all Participants.

      [X]   used to reduce the amount the Employer must contribute to the Plan.

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                                       II.

      The Plan Sponsor's Selection of Investment Funds on Page 18 of the
Adoption Agreement is revised to add the following to the list:

      MFS Fixed Fund Institutional
      MFS Money Market

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this amendment to be
executed this _____ day of December, 2005.

WITNESSES:                           STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

__________________________________   By: ______________________________________
                                         Lisa T. Winningkoff
                                         Stewart Enterprises Puerto Rico
                                         Employee Retirement Trust
                                         Administrative and Investment Committee
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