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AMENDMENT NO. 4
                                    TO
                           EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This Amendment No. 4  to  Employment  Agreement is made as of the 25th
day of  July, 2000, by and between  Stewart  Enterprises, Inc., a Louisiana
corporation (the "Company"), and Brent F. Heffron (the "Employee").

                           W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Employment Agreement with the
Employee  dated as of January 1, 1997 as amended  by  Amendment  No.  1  to
Employment  Agreement dated as of January 1, 1997, Amendment No. 2 dated as
of November 1,  1997, and Amendment No. 3 dated as of October 31, 1998, (as
amended, the "Employment Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the  Company  and the Employee have agreed to a change in the
Employee's bonus, effective November 1, 1999, as set forth herein.

     NOW THEREFORE, the Company and the Employee agree as follows:

     SECTION 1.  Except as expressly  amended  herein, all of the terms and
provisions  of  the Employment Agreement shall remain  in  full  force  and
effect.

     SECTION 2.   Article  II,  Section  2  of  the Employment Agreement is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          2. BONUS.  (a)  For fiscal years beginning  November 1, 1999, the
     Employee shall be eligible to receive an annual incentive  bonus  (the
     "Bonus") of up to $300,000 per Fiscal Year.  The Bonus will be awarded
     based  upon  factors  to  be  established annually and set forth in an
     annual supplement to this Agreement.

          (b) The Bonus shall be paid  in  cash  not  later  than  30  days
     following  the  filing of the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for
     the Fiscal Year in which the Bonus has been earned.

     SECTION 3.  Article  VI,  Section  2  of  the  Employment Agreement is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          2. NOTICES.  All notices hereunder must be  in  writing and shall
     be deemed to have been given upon receipt of delivery  by:   (a)  hand
     (against  a  receipt  therefor),  (b)  certified  or  registered mail,
     postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (c) a nationally recognized
     overnight courier service (against a receipt therefor) or (d) telecopy
     transmission with confirmation of receipt.  All such notices  must  be
     addressed as follows:

          If to the Company, to:

          Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
          110 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
          Metairie, Louisiana  70005
          Attn:  Chief Executive Officer

          If to the Employee, to:

          Brent F. Heffron
          319 Running Wind Lane
          Maitland, Florida  32751

     or  such  other address as to which any party hereto may have notified
the other in writing.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed and signed as of the date indicated above.

                                   STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

                                   By:/s/ James W. McFarland
                                      ---------------------------------
                                        James W. McFarland
                                        Compensation Committee Chairman

                                   EMPLOYEE:

                                      /s/ Brent F. Heffron
                                      ---------------------------------
                                             Brent F. HeffronAMENDMENT NO. 3
                                    TO
                        CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT

     This  Amendment No. 3 to Change of Control Agreement is made as of the
25th day of July,  2000,  by  and  between  Stewart  Enterprises,  Inc.,  a
Louisiana   corporation   (the   "Company"),  and  Brent  F.  Heffron  (the
"Employee").

                           W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Company has entered  into  a  Change of Control Agreement
with the Employee dated as of January 1, 1997 as amended by Amendment No. 1
to Change of Control Agreement dated as of November  1,  1997 and Amendment
No.  2  to  Change of Control Agreement dated as of November  1,  1998  (as
amended, the "Change of Control Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS,  the  Company and the Employee have agreed to a change in the
Employee's bonus.

     NOW THEREFORE, the Company and the Employee agree as follows:

     SECTION 1.  Except  as  expressly amended herein, all of the terms and
provisions of the Change of Control  Agreement  shall  remain in full force
and effect.

     SECTION 2.  Article I, Section 1.1 of the Change of  Control Agreement
is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          1.1   EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT.   After  a  Change  of  Control
     (defined  below),   this   Agreement  supersedes  the  Employment
     Agreement dated as of January 1, 1997 as amended by Amendment No.
     1  dated as of January 1, 1997,  Amendment  No.  2  dated  as  of
     November  1,  1997, Amendment No. 3 dated as of October 31, 1998,
     and Amendment No.  4 dated as of July 25,  2000, between Employee
     and the Company (as  amended,  the "Employment Agreement") except
     to the extent that certain provisions of the Employment Agreement
     are expressly incorporated by reference  herein.   After a Change
     of  Control  (defined  below), the definitions in this  Agreement
     supersede   definitions  in   the   Employment   Agreement,   but
     capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement have the meanings
     given to them in the Employment Agreement.

     SECTION 3.  Article  II,  Section  2.2, paragraph (b) of the Change of
Control Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          (b)  BONUS.   An annual incentive  bonus  (the  "Bonus")  of
     $300,000, to the extent  not  already  received, shall be paid in
     cash (1) no later than November 30 of each  year  or  (2)  if the
     Employee  elects  to  receive  the  Bonus  in  the  calendar year
     following the year in which it was earned, between January  1 and
     January 15 of such following year.

     SECTION  4.   Article  III,  Section  3.2  of  the  Change  of Control
Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

               3.2  NOTICES.  All notices hereunder must be in writing
     and shall be deemed  to  have  given upon receipt of delivery by:
     (a)  hand  (against  a  receipt  therefor),   (b)   certified  or
     registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (c) a
     nationally  recognized  overnight  courier  service  (against   a
     receipt  therefor) or (d) telecopy transmission with confirmation
     of receipt.  All such notices must be addressed as follows:

          If to the Company, to:

          Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
          110 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
          Metairie, Louisiana  70005
          Attn:  Chief Executive Officer

          If to the Employee, to:

          Brent F. Heffron
          319 Running Wind Lane
          Maitland, Florida  32751

     or such other  address  as to which any party hereto may have notified
the other in writing.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties  hereto  have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed and signed as of the date indicated above.

                                   STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

                                   By:/s/ James W. McFarland
                                      ---------------------------------
                                        James W. McFarland
                                        Compensation Committee Chairman

                                   EMPLOYEE:

                                     /s/ Brent F. Heffron
                                     -----------------------------------
                                          Brent F. HeffronEMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This  Employment  Agreement ("Agreement") between Stewart Enterprises,
Inc., a Louisiana corporation  (the  "Company"),  and  Randall L. Stricklin
(the "Employee") is dated as of April 20, 2000 (the "Agreement Date").

                           W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, Employee currently is employed by the Company;

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  desires  to  retain the services  of  Employee
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, subject  to  Employee's acceptance
of the conditions stated herein;

     WHEREAS,  during  the  course  of  his  employment with  the  Company,
Employee has or will have received extensive and unique knowledge, training
and  education  in,  and  access  to resources involving,  the  Death  Care
Business (as defined below) at a substantial  cost  to  the  Company, which
Employee acknowledges has enhanced or substantially will enhance Employee's
skills and knowledge in such business;

     WHEREAS,  during  the  course  of  his  employment  with  the Company,
Employee has had and will continue to have access to certain valuable  oral
and  written  information,  knowledge and data relating to the business and
operations  of  the  Company  and  its  subsidiaries  that  is  non-public,
confidential or proprietary in  nature  and  is  particularly useful in the
Death Care Business; and

     WHEREAS, in view of the training provided by  the Company to Employee,
its cost to the Company, the need for the Company to  be  protected against
disclosures  by  Employee  of  the  Company's  and its subsidiaries'  trade
secrets and other non-public, confidential or proprietary  information, the
Company and Employee desire, among other things, to prohibit  Employee from
disclosing or utilizing, outside the scope and term of his employment,  any
non-public,  confidential  or  proprietary  information, knowledge and data
relating to the business and operations of the  Company or its subsidiaries
received by Employee during the course of his employment,  and  to restrict
the ability of Employee to compete with the Company or its subsidiaries for
a limited period of time.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  for and in consideration of the continued employment
of Employee by the Company  and  the  payment  of  wages,  salary and other
compensation  to  Employee  by  the  Company, the parties hereto  agree  as
follows:

                                 ARTICLE I
                       EMPLOYMENT CAPACITY AND TERM

     1.   CAPACITY AND DUTIES OF EMPLOYEE.  The Employee is employed by the
Company  to  render  services  on behalf of  the  Company  as  Senior  Vice
President and President - Western  Division.   As the Senior Vice President
and President - Western Division, the Employee shall perform such duties as
are assigned to the individual holding such title  by  the Company's Bylaws
and such other duties, consistent with the Employee's job  title, as may be
prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the  Company (the
"Board") and/or the Company's Chief Executive Officer.

     2.   EMPLOYMENT  TERM.   The  term  of this Agreement (the "Employment
Term")  shall commence on the Agreement Date  and  shall  continue  through
October 31,  2000,  subject to any earlier termination of Employee's status
as an employee pursuant to this Agreement.

     3.   DEVOTION TO RESPONSIBILITIES.

          During the  Employment Term, the Employee shall devote all of his
business time to the business of the Company, shall use his reasonable best
efforts  to  perform faithfully  and  efficiently  his  duties  under  this
Agreement, and  shall  not  engage in or be employed by any other business;
provided,  however,  that  nothing  contained  herein  shall  prohibit  the
Employee from (a) serving as  a  member of the board of directors, board of
trustees or the like of any for-profit  or  non-profit entity that does not
compete with the Company, or performing services  of any type for any civic
or  community  entity,  whether  or not the Employee receives  compensation
therefor, (b) investing his assets  in such form or manner as shall require
no more than nominal services on the  part of the Employee in the operation
of the business of the entity in which  such  investment  is  made,  or (c)
serving in various capacities with, and attending meetings of, industry  or
trade  groups  and  associations, as long as the Employee's engaging in any
activities permitted  by  virtue of clauses (a), (b) and (c) above does not
materially and unreasonably  interfere  with the ability of the Employee to
perform  the services and discharge the responsibilities  required  of  him
under  this  Agreement.   Notwithstanding  clause  (b)  above,  during  the
Employment  Term, the Employee may not beneficially own more than 2% of the
equity interests  of  a  business  organization  required  to file periodic
reports  with  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and may not beneficially own more
than 2% of the equity  interests  of  a business organization that competes
with the Company.  For purposes of this paragraph, "beneficially own" shall
have  the  same meaning ascribed to that  term  in  Rule  13d-3  under  the
Exchange Act.

                                ARTICLE II
                         COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

     During  the  Employment  Term,  the Company shall provide the Employee
with the compensation and benefits described below:

     1.   SALARY.  Effective April 20,  2000,  a  salary ("Base Salary") at
the  rate  of  $225,000  per  fiscal year of the Company  ("Fiscal  Year"),
payable to the Employee at such  intervals  as  other salaried employees of
the Company are paid.

     2.   BONUS.   (a)  The  Employee  shall  be  eligible  to  receive  an
incentive bonus (the "Bonus") of:  (i) up to $37,500  for  service  as  the
Chief  Operating  Officer  of  the  Southern Region of the Western Division
during the first half of Fiscal Year  2000;  and  (ii)  up  to $100,000 for
service as the Senior Vice President and President - Western  Division  for
the second half of Fiscal Year 2000.  The Bonus shall be awarded based upon
factors to be set forth in a supplement to this Agreement.

          (b)  The  Bonus  shall  be  paid  in  cash not later than 30 days
following  the  filing of the  Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year in which the Bonus has been earned.

     3.   BENEFITS.   The  Company  shall  provide  the  Employee  with the
following fringe benefits and perquisites:

          (a)  An automobile allowance of $720 per month.  The Company will
reimburse the Employee for all gasoline, maintenance, repairs and insurance
for Employee's personal car, as if it were a Company-owned vehicle;

          (b)  Reimbursement for membership dues, including assessments and
similar  charges,  in one or more clubs deemed useful for business purposes
in an amount not to  exceed  $8,000  or  such  additional amounts as may be
approved by the President;

          (c)  First class air travel;

          (d)  Fully-paid  insurance  benefit  package   available  to  all
employees; and

          (e)  All other benefit programs similar to those  provided  other
employees of the Company.

     4.   EXPENSES.   The  Employee shall be reimbursed for reasonable out-
of-pocket expenses incurred  from  time to time on behalf of the Company or
any subsidiary in the performance of  his duties under this Agreement, upon
the presentation of such supporting invoices,  documents  and  forms as the
Company reasonably requests.

                                ARTICLE III
                         TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

     1.   DEATH.   The  Employee's  status  as  an employee shall terminate
immediately  and  automatically  upon  the  Employee's   death  during  the
Employment Term.

     2.   DISABILITY.   The  Employee's  status  as  an  employee   may  be
terminated for "Disability" as follows:

          (a)  The Employee's status as an employee shall terminate if  the
Employee  has a disability that would entitle him to receive benefits under
the Company's  long-term  disability insurance policy in effect at the time
either because he is Totally  Disabled or Partially Disabled, as such terms
are defined in the Company's policy  in  effect as of the Agreement Date or
as similar terms are defined in any successor policy.  Any such termination
shall become effective on the first day on  which  the Employee is eligible
to receive payments under such policy (or on the first day that he would be
so eligible, if he had applied timely for such payments).

          (b)  If the Company has no long-term disability  plan  in effect,
if  (i)  the  Employee  is rendered incapable because of physical or mental
illness of satisfactorily discharging his duties and responsibilities under
this  Agreement for a period  of  90  consecutive  days  and  (ii)  a  duly
qualified physician chosen by the Company and acceptable to the Employee or
his legal representatives so certifies in writing, the Board shall have the
power to  determine  that  the  Employee has become disabled.  If the Board
makes such a determination, the Company shall have the continuing right and
option, during the period that such  disability  continues,  and  by notice
given in the manner provided in this Agreement, to terminate the status  of
Employee  as  an  employee.  Any such termination shall become effective 30
days after such notice  of  termination is given, unless within such 30-day
period, the Employee becomes capable of rendering services of the character
contemplated hereby (and a physician  chosen  by the Company and acceptable
to the Employee or his legal representatives so  certifies  in writing) and
the Employee in fact resumes such services.

          (c)  The "Disability Effective Date" shall mean the date on which
termination of employment becomes effective due to Disability.

     3.   CAUSE.   The  Company may terminate the Employee's status  as  an
employee for Cause.  As used  herein,  termination  by  the  Company of the
Employee's  status as an employee for "Cause" shall mean termination  as  a
result of (a)  the  Employee's breach of this Agreement, or (b) the willful
engaging by the Employee  in  gross  misconduct  injurious  to the Company,
which  in  either  case  is  not remedied within 10 days after the  Company
provides  written  notice  to  the  Employee  of  such  breach  or  willful
misconduct.

     4.   GOOD  REASON.   The Employee  may  terminate  his  status  as  an
employee for Good Reason. As  used  herein,  the  term  "Good Reason" shall
mean:

          (a)  The occurrence of any of the following during the Employment
Term:

               (i)  the  assignment  by  the Board to the Employee  of  any
duties  or  responsibilities  that  are inconsistent  with  the  Employee's
status, title and position as Senior Vice President;

               (ii) any removal of the  Employee  from,  or  any failure to
reappoint or reelect the Employee to, the position of Senior Vice President
of  the  Company,  except  in  connection  with a termination of Employee's
status as an employee as permitted by this Agreement;

               (iii)  the Company's requiring  the  Employee  to  be  based
anywhere other than in  the  San  Francisco,  California metropolitan area,
except  for  required  travel  in  the  ordinary course  of  the  Company's
business;

          (b)  any breach of this Agreement  by  the Company that continues
for  a  period  of 10 days after written notice thereof  is  given  by  the
Employee to the Company;

          (c)  the  failure  by the Company to obtain the assumption of its
obligations under this Agreement by any successor or assign as contemplated
in this Agreement; or

          (d)  any purported termination  by  the Company of the Employee's
status as an employee for Cause that is not effected  pursuant  to a Notice
of Termination satisfying the requirements of this Agreement.

     5.   VOLUNTARY TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY.  The Company may  terminate
the  Employee's  status  as  employee  for other than death, Disability  or
Cause.

     6.   VOLUNTARY  TERMINATION  BY  THE  EMPLOYEE.    The   Employee  may
terminate the Employee's status as employee for other than Good Reason.

     7.   NOTICE  OF  TERMINATION.   Any  termination  by  the Company  for
Disability  or  Cause,  or  by  the  Employee  for  Good  Reason, shall  be
communicated  by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto  given  in
accordance with  Article  VI  Section 2 of this Agreement.  For purposes of
this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination"  means  a written notice that (a)
indicates the specific termination provision in this  Agreement relied upon
(b) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination  of the Employee's
employment  under  the  provisions  so  indicated  and (c) if the  Date  of
Termination (as defined below) is other than the date  of  receipt  of such
notice,  specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more  than
30 days after  the  giving of such notice).  The failure by the Employee or
the  Company  to set forth  in  the  Notice  of  Termination  any  fact  or
circumstance that  contributes  to  a showing of Good Reason, Disability or
Cause shall not negate the effect of  the notice nor waive any right of the
Employee or the Company, respectively,  hereunder  or preclude the Employee
or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact  or  circumstance in
enforcing the Employee's or the Company's rights hereunder.

     8.   DATE  OF  TERMINATION.   "Date  of  Termination"  means  (a)   if
Employee's  employment  is terminated by reason of his death or Disability,
the Date of Termination shall  be  the  date  of  death  of Employee or the
Disability Effective Date, as the case may be, (b) if Employee's employment
is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by Employee for Good Reason, the
date of delivery of the Notice of Termination or any later  date  specified
therein,  (which  date  shall not be more than 30 days after the giving  of
such notice) as the case  may  be,  (c)  if  the  Employee's  employment is
terminated  by  the  Company  for  reasons other than death, Disability  or
Cause, the Date of Termination shall  be  the  date  on  which  the Company
notifies  the  Employee  of  such  termination,  and  (d) if the Employee's
employment  is  terminated  by  the  Employee  for  reasons other than Good
Reason,  the Date of Termination shall be the date on  which  the  Employee
notifies the Company of such termination.

                                ARTICLE IV
                       OBLIGATIONS UPON TERMINATION

     1.   DEATH.   If the Employee's status as an employee is terminated by
reason of the Employee's  death,  this  Agreement  shall  terminate without
further  obligations  to  the Employee's legal representatives  under  this
Agreement, other than the obligation  to  make any payments due pursuant to
employee benefit plans maintained by the Company or its subsidiaries.

     2.   DISABILITY.  If Employee's status as an employee is terminated by
reason  of Employee's Disability, this Agreement  shall  terminate  without
further obligation  to  the Employee, other than the obligation to make any
payments due pursuant to  employee  benefit plans maintained by the Company
or its subsidiaries.

     3.   TERMINATION BY COMPANY FOR  REASONS  OTHER THAN DEATH, DISABILITY
OR  CAUSE;  TERMINATION  BY  EMPLOYEE  FOR  GOOD REASON.   If  the  Company
terminates  the Employee's status as an employee  for  reasons  other  than
death, Disability  or  Cause, or the Employee terminates his employment for
Good Reason, then

     (a)  the Company shall  pay  to  the  Employee  an amount equal to two
times  the  amount  of  Base Salary in effect at the Date  of  Termination,
payable in equal installments  over  a two-year period at such intervals as
other salaried employees of the Company are paid; and

     (b)  with  respect to all performance-based  options  granted  to  the
Employee pursuant to the Company's 1995 Incentive Compensation Plan,

          (i) if  the  performance  goals  have  been met as of the Date of
     Termination, then such options shall become exercisable as of the Date
     of Termination (if not already exercisable) and  shall  expire  on the
     date that is the later of:

               (A)  30 days after the Date of Termination or

               (B)  30  days after the first date on which the exercise  of
          the options and sale of the underlying securities will not (1) be
          matched with purchases  or  sales  of  the Company's common stock
          prior to such Date of Termination such as  to  cause the Employee
          to  incur  a  liability to the Company under Section  16  of  the
          Exchange Act and  (2)  destroy  the  Section 16 exemption for the
          grant of the options.

          (ii)  if the performance goals have not  been  met as of the Date
     of Termination, then

               (A)  if the performance goals are not met by  the  close  of
          business  on  the  day  that  is  180  days  after  the  Date  of
          Termination, then the options shall expire on such day; and

               (B) if  the  performance  goals  are  met  by  the  close of
          business  on  the  day  that  is  180  days  after  the  Date  of
          Termination,  then the options shall become exercisable as of the
          date such performance  goals  are  met  (the  "Vesting Date") and
          shall expire on the date that is the later of:

                    (1)   30 days after the Vesting Date or

                    (2) 30 days after the first date on which  the exercise
               of  the  options and sale of the underlying securities  will
               not (i) be  matched with purchases or sales of the Company's
               common stock  prior  to  such Date of Termination such as to
               cause the Employee to incur a liability to the Company under
               Section 16 of the Exchange  Act and (ii) destroy the Section
               16 exemption for the grant of the options.

     4.   CAUSE.  If the Employee's status as  an employee is terminated by
the  Company  for  Cause,  this Agreement shall terminate  without  further
obligation to the Employee other  than  for  obligations imposed by law and
obligations imposed pursuant to any employee benefit plan maintained by the
Company or its subsidiaries.

     5.   TERMINATION BY EMPLOYEE FOR REASONS  OTHER  THAN GOOD REASON.  If
the  Employee's  status  as an employee is terminated by the  Employee  for
reasons other than Good Reason,  then the Company shall pay to the Employee
an amount equal to a single year's  Base  Salary  in  effect at the Date of
Termination, payable in equal installments over a two-year  period  at such
intervals as other salaried employees of the Company are paid.

     6.   RESIGNATION.   If  Employee is a director of the Company and  his
employment is terminated for any  reason  other  than  death,  the Employee
shall, if requested by the Company, immediately resign as a director of the
Company.   If  such  resignation  is  not  received when so requested,  the
Employee shall forfeit any right to receive  any  payments pursuant to this
Agreement.

                                 ARTICLE V
           NONDISCLOSURE, NONCOMPETITION AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

     1.   CERTAIN  DEFINITIONS.   For  purposes  of  this   Agreement,  the
following terms shall have the following meanings:

          (a)  "Confidential Information" means any information,  knowledge
or  data  of  any  nature  and  in  any form (including information that is
electronically transmitted or stored  on any form of magnetic or electronic
storage media) relating to the past, current  or  prospective  business  or
operations  of  the Company and its subsidiaries, that at the time or times
concerned is not  generally  known to persons engaged in businesses similar
to those conducted or contemplated  by  the  Company  and  its subsidiaries
(other  than  information known by such persons through a violation  of  an
obligation of confidentiality  to  the  Company),  whether  produced by the
Company  and  its  subsidiaries  or  any  of  their consultants, agents  or
independent  contractors  or  by  Employee,  and  whether   or  not  marked
confidential,  including  without  limitation information relating  to  the
Company's  or  its subsidiaries' products  and  services,  business  plans,
business  acquisitions,   processes,   product   or  service  research  and
development methods or techniques, training methods  and  other operational
methods or techniques, quality assurance procedures or standards, operating
procedures,  files,  plans,  specifications,  proposals, drawings,  charts,
graphs, support data, trade secrets, supplier lists,  supplier information,
purchasing  methods  or  practices,  distribution  and selling  activities,
consultants' reports, marketing and engineering or other technical studies,
maintenance   records,  employment  or  personnel  data,  marketing   data,
strategies or techniques,  financial  reports,  budgets,  projections, cost
analyses,  price  lists,  formulae  and analyses, employee lists,  customer
records,  customer  lists,  customer  source  lists,  proprietary  computer
software,  and  internal  notes  and  memoranda  relating  to  any  of  the
foregoing.

          (b)  "Death Care Business" means  (i) the owning and operating of
funeral homes and cemeteries, including combined  funeral home and cemetery
facilities, (ii) the offering of a complete range of  services and products
to   meet   families'  funeral  needs,  including  prearrangement,   family
consultation, the sale of caskets and related funeral and cemetery products
and merchandise,  the  removal,  preparation and transportation of remains,
cremation, the use of funeral home  facilities  for visitation and worship,
and  related  transportation  services,  (iii) the marketing  and  sale  of
funeral services and cemetery property on  an at-need or prearranged basis,
(iv)   providing,   managing   and  administering  financing   arrangements
(including trust funds, escrow accounts,  insurance  and  installment sales
contracts)  for  prearranged  funeral  plans  and  cemetery  property   and
merchandise,  (v)  providing interment services, the sale (on an at-need or
prearranged basis) of cemetery property including lots, lawn crypts, family
and community mausoleums and related cemetery merchandise
such as monuments, memorials  and  burial  vaults,  (vi) the maintenance of
cemetery grounds pursuant to perpetual care contracts  and  laws  or  on  a
voluntary  basis,  and  (vii)  offering  mausoleum design, construction and
sales services.

     2.   NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.  During the Employment
Term, Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity  for  the  benefit of the
Company  all  Confidential  Information  which shall have been obtained  by
Employee  during  Employee's employment (whether  prior  to  or  after  the
Agreement Date) and  shall  use such Confidential Information solely within
the scope of his employment with  and  for  the  exclusive  benefit  of the
Company.   For a period of five years after the Employment Term, commencing
with the Date  of  Termination,  Employee  agrees  (a)  not to communicate,
divulge or make available to any person or entity (other  than the Company)
any   such   Confidential   Information,  except  upon  the  prior  written
authorization of the Company or as may be required by law or legal process,
and (b) to deliver promptly to  the Company any Confidential Information in
his possession, including any duplicates  thereof  and  any  notes or other
records Employee has prepared with respect thereto.  In the event  that the
provisions  of  any  applicable law or the order of any court would require
Employee  to  disclose  or   otherwise   make  available  any  Confidential
Information, Employee shall give the Company prompt prior written notice of
such required disclosure and an opportunity  to  contest the requirement of
such  disclosure  or  apply  for a protective order with  respect  to  such
Confidential Information by appropriate proceedings.

     3.   LIMITED COVENANT NOT  TO COMPETE.  During the Employment Term and
for  a  period  of  two  years thereafter,  commencing  with  the  Date  of
Termination, Employee agrees that, with respect to each State of the United
States or other jurisdiction,  or  specified portions thereof, in which the
Employee regularly (a) makes contact  with  customers of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, (b) conducts the business of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or (c) supervises the activities  of  other  employees  of the
Company  or any of its subsidiaries, as identified in Appendix "A" attached
hereto and  forming  a  part of this Agreement, and in which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries engages  in  the Death Care Business on the Date of
Termination (collectively, the "Subject Areas"), Employee will restrict his
activities within the Subject Areas as follows:

          (a)  Employee will not, directly  or  indirectly,  for himself or
others,  own,  manage,  operate,  control,  be  employed  in  an executive,
managerial  or  supervisory capacity by, or otherwise engage or participate
in or allow his skill,  knowledge,  experience  or reputation to be used in
connection with, the ownership, management, operation  or  control  of, any
company  or  other  business  enterprise engaged in the Death Care Business
within any of the Subject Areas;  provided, however, that nothing contained
herein shall prohibit Employee from  making  passive investments as long as
Employee does not beneficially own more than 2%  of the equity interests of
a business enterprise engaged in the Death Care Business  within any of the
Subject  Areas.  For purposes of this paragraph, "beneficially  own"  shall
have the same  meaning  ascribed  to  that  term  in  Rule  13d-3 under the
Exchange Act.

          (b)  Employee will not call upon any customer of the  Company  or
its  subsidiaries for the purpose of soliciting, diverting or enticing away
the business  of  such  person  or  entity,  or  otherwise  disrupting  any
previously  established relationship existing between such person or entity
and the Company or its subsidiaries;

          (c)  Employee  will  not solicit, induce, influence or attempt to
influence any supplier, lessor,  licensor,  potential acquiree or any other
person  who  has  a  business  relationship  with  the   Company   or   its
subsidiaries,  or  who on the Date of Termination is engaged in discussions
or negotiations to enter  into  a business relationship with the Company or
its subsidiaries, to discontinue  or reduce the extent of such relationship
with the Company or its subsidiaries; and

          (d)  Employee will not make  contact with any of the employees of
the Company or its subsidiaries with whom  he had contact during the course
of  his  employment  with the Company for  the  purpose  of soliciting such
employee for  hire,  whether  as  an employee or independent contractor, or
otherwise  disrupting  such employee's relationship with the Company or its
subsidiaries.

          (e)  Employee  further agrees that, for a period of one year from
and after the Date of Termination,  Employee  will  not  hire, on behalf of
himself  or  any  company  engaged  in the Death Care Business  with  which
Employee is associated, any employee  of the Company or its subsidiaries as
an employee or independent contractor,  whether  or  not such engagement is
solicited by Employee; provided, however, that the restriction contained in
this subsection (e) shall not apply to Company employees  who reside in, or
are hired by Employee to perform work in, any of the Subject  Areas located
within the States of Virginia, Arkansas or Georgia.

     Employee  agrees  that  he  will  from time to time upon the Company's
request promptly execute any supplement,  amendment,  restatement  or other
modification  of  Appendix  "A"  as  may  be  necessary  or  appropriate to
correctly   reflect   the   jurisdictions   which,  at  the  time  of  such
modification, should be covered by Appendix "A"  and this Article V Section
3.  Furthermore, Employee agrees that all references  to  Appendix  "A"  in
this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to Appendix "A" as so supplemented,
amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

     4.   INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF; OTHER REMEDIES.  Employee acknowledges that a
breach by Employee of Section  2  or  3  of  this  Article  V  would  cause
immediate  and  irreparable  harm  to  the  Company  for  which an adequate
monetary remedy does not exist; hence, Employee agrees that,  in  the event
of a breach or threatened breach by Employee of the provisions of Section 2
or  3  of  this  Article V during or after the Employment Term, the Company
shall be entitled  to  injunctive  relief  restraining  Employee  from such
violation without the necessity of proof of actual damage or the posting of
any  bond,  except  as  required  by non-waivable, applicable law.  Nothing
herein,  however,  shall  be construed  as  prohibiting  the  Company  from
pursuing any other remedy at  law  or in equity to which the Company may be
entitled under applicable law in the event of a breach or threatened breach
of this Agreement by Employee, including without limitation the recovery of
damages  and/or costs and expenses, such  as  reasonable  attorneys'  fees,
incurred by the Company as a result of any such breach.  In addition to the
exercise of  the  foregoing remedies, the Company shall have the right upon
the occurrence of any  such  breach  to  cancel  any  unpaid salary, bonus,
commissions  or  reimbursements  otherwise  outstanding  at   the  Date  of
Termination.   In  particular,  Employee  acknowledges  that  the  payments
provided  under  Article  IV Sections 3 and 5 are conditioned upon Employee
fulfilling any noncompetition  and  nondisclosure  agreements  contained in
this Article V.  In the event Employee shall at any time materially  breach
any noncompetition or nondisclosure agreements contained in this Article V,
the  Company may suspend or eliminate payments under Article IV during  the
period  of  such breach.  Employee acknowledges that any such suspension or
elimination of  payments  would  be  an  exercise of the Company's right to
suspend or terminate its performance hereunder  upon  Employee's  breach of
this  Agreement;  such  suspension  or  elimination  of  payments would not
constitute,  and  should  not  be  characterized  as,  the  imposition   of
liquidated damages.

     5.   REQUESTS  FOR  WAIVER  IN  CASES OF UNDUE HARDSHIP.  In the event
that Employee should find any of the limitations  of  Article  V  Section 3
(including without limitation the geographic restrictions of Appendix  "A")
to  impose  a  severe  hardship  on  Employee's  ability  to  secure  other
employment, Employee may make a request to the Company for a waiver of  the
designated  limitations before accepting employment that otherwise would be
a breach of Employee's promises and obligations under this Agreement.  Such
request must  be  in  writing and clearly set forth the name and address of
the organization with that  employment is sought and the location, position
and duties that Employee will be performing.  The Company will consider the
request and, in its sole discretion,  decide whether and on what conditions
to grant such waiver.

     6.   GOVERNING LAW OF THIS ARTICLE  V;  CONSENT  TO JURISDICTION.  Any
dispute  regarding the reasonableness of the covenants and  agreements  set
forth in this  Article  V, or the territorial scope or duration thereof, or
the remedies available to the Company upon any breach of such covenants and
agreements, shall be governed  by  and  interpreted  in accordance with the
laws of the State of the United States or other jurisdiction  in  which the
alleged  prohibited  competing  activity  or  disclosure  occurs, and, with
respect  to  each  such  dispute,  the  Company  and  Employee each  hereby
irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the  state and federal
courts  sitting in the relevant State (or, in the case of any  jurisdiction
outside the  United  States,  the relevant courts of such jurisdiction) for
resolution of such dispute, and  agree  to  be  irrevocably  bound  by  any
judgment  rendered  thereby  in  connection  with such dispute, and further
agree that service of process may be made upon  him  or  it  in  any  legal
proceeding  relating  to  this  Article  V and/or Appendix "A" by any means
allowed under the laws of such jurisdiction.  Each party irrevocably waives
any objection he or it may have as to the venue of any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in such a court or that  such a court is an inconvenient
forum.

     7.   EMPLOYEE'S  UNDERSTANDING  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.    Employee  hereby
represents to the Company that he has read and understands,  and  agrees to
be  bound  by,  the terms of this Article.  Employee acknowledges that  the
geographic scope  and  duration  of  the  covenants  contained in Article V
Section  3  are  the  result of arm's-length bargaining and  are  fair  and
reasonable in light of  (i)  the  importance  of the functions performed by
Employee and the length of time it would take the Company to find and train
a suitable replacement, (ii) the nature and wide  geographic  scope  of the
operations  of the Company and its subsidiaries, (iii) Employee's level  of
control over  and  contact  with the business and operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries in a significant  number  of  jurisdictions where same
are conducted and (iv) the fact that all facets of the  Death Care Business
are conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries throughout the geographic
area where competition is restricted by this Agreement.   It  is the desire
and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced
to  the  fullest  extent  permitted  under  applicable law, whether now  or
hereafter in effect and, therefore, to the extent  permitted  by applicable
law,  the  parties hereto waive any provision of applicable law that  would
render any provision of this Article V invalid or unenforceable.

                                ARTICLE VI
                               MISCELLANEOUS

     1.   BINDING EFFECT.

          (a)  This  Agreement  shall  be  binding  upon  and  inure to the
benefit of the Company and any of its successors or assigns.

          (b)  This Agreement is personal to the Employee and shall  not be
assignable  by the Employee without the consent of the Company (there being
no obligation  to  give such consent) other than such rights or benefits as
are transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

          (c)  The Company  shall  require  any successor to or assignee of
(whether  direct  or  indirect,  by  purchase,  merger,   consolidation  or
otherwise)  all  or  substantially all of the assets or businesses  of  the
Company (i) to assume unconditionally and expressly this Agreement and (ii)
to agree to perform all of the obligations under this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same  extent  as  would have been required of the Company
had no assignment or succession occurred,  such  assumption to be set forth
in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Employee.   In the event of any
such assignment or succession, the term "Company" as used in this Agreement
shall refer also to such successor or assign.

     2.   NOTICES.  All notices hereunder must be in writing  and  shall be
deemed  to  have  given  upon receipt of delivery by:  (a) hand (against  a
receipt  therefor), (b) certified  or  registered  mail,  postage  prepaid,
return receipt  requested,  (c)  a  nationally recognized overnight courier
service (against a receipt therefor)  or  (d)  telecopy  transmission  with
confirmation of receipt.  All such notices must be addressed as follows:

     If to the Company, to:

     Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
     110 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
     Metairie, Louisiana  70005
     Attn:  Chief Executive Officer

     If to the Employee, to:

     Randall L. Stricklin
     19412 Woodlands Lane
     Huntington Beach, California 92648-5570

or  such  other  address as to which any party hereto may have notified the
other in writing.

     3.   GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Louisiana
without regard to  principles  of  conflict  of  laws,  except as expressly
provided  in  Article V Section 6 above with respect to the  resolution  of
disputes arising  under, or the Company's enforcement of, Article V of this
Agreement.

     4.   WITHHOLDING.   The Employee agrees that the Company has the right
to withhold, from the amounts  payable  pursuant  to  this  Agreement,  all
amounts  required  to be withheld under applicable income and/or employment
tax laws, or as otherwise  stated  in  documents  granting  rights that are
affected by this Agreement.

     5.   SEVERABILITY.   If  any  term  or  provision  of  this  Agreement
(including  without  limitation  those  contained in Appendix "A"), or  the
application thereof to any person or circumstance,  shall at any time or to
any extent be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any  respect as written,
Employee and the Company intend for any court construing  this Agreement to
modify or limit such provision temporally, spatially or otherwise  so as to
render it valid and enforceable to the fullest extent allowed by law.   Any
such provision that is not susceptible of such reformation shall be ignored
so  as  to not affect any other term or provision hereof, and the remainder
of this Agreement,  or the application of such term or provision to persons
or circumstances other  than  those as to which it is held invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby and each term and provision
of  this  Agreement shall be valid  and  enforced  to  the  fullest  extent
permitted by law.

     6.   WAIVER  OF BREACH.  The waiver by either party of a breach of any
provision of this Agreement  shall  not operate or be construed as a waiver
of any subsequent breach thereof.

     7.   REMEDIES NOT EXCLUSIVE.  No  remedy  specified  herein  shall  be
deemed to be such party's exclusive remedy, and accordingly, in addition to
all  of the rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement, the parties
shall  have  all  other  rights and remedies provided to them by applicable
law, rule or regulation.

     8.   COMPANY'S  RESERVATION  OF  RIGHTS.   Employee  acknowledges  and
understands that the Employee  serves at the pleasure of the Board and that
the Company has the right at any  time to terminate Employee's status as an
employee of the Company, or to change  or  diminish  his  status during the
Employment  Term,  subject  to  the  rights  of  the Employee to claim  the
benefits conferred by this Agreement.

     9.   JURY TRIAL WAIVER.  THE PARIES HEREBY WAIVE  TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
JUDICIAL  PROCEEDING  TO  WHICH  THEY  ARE PARTIES INVOLVING,  DIRECTLY  OR
INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING  OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED
WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

     10.  SURVIVAL.  The rights and obligations of the Company and Employee
contained in Article V of this Agreement shall  survive  the termination of
the  Agreement.  Following the Date of Termination, each party  shall  have
the right  to enforce all rights, and shall be bound by all obligations, of
such party that are continuing rights and obligations under this Agreement.

     11.  COUNTERPARTS.   This  Agreement  may  be  executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an  original  but  all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Company  and the Employee have caused this
Agreement to be executed as of the Agreement Date.

                              STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

                              By:  /S/ JAMES W. MCFARLAND
                                 -----------------------------------
                                         James W. McFarland
                                   Compensation Committee Chairman

                              EMPLOYEE:

                                   /S/ RANDALL L. STRICKLIN
                                 -----------------------------------
                                      Randall L. Stricklin

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