Viki Blinderman | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
Mel Payne | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Ben Brink | Chief Financial Officer |
Chris Howe | Barrington Research |
Komal Patel | Goldman Sachs |
Chris McGinnis | Sidoti & Company |
Barry Mendel | Mendel Money Management |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to Carriage Services Year-End 2018 Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today's conference is being recorded.