For over 60 years, the SCCA has strived to foster a closer association between the owners and operators of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums; to disseminate information relating to the operation of such enterprises; to encourage the building of modern interment places with embellishments and beautification symbolizing life and eternity; to establish and maintain high standards for the industry and to foster respect for it by encouraging honest and sincere dealings among its members and with the public; to encourage the public to see that providing family interment space in advance of need is a necessary and beneficent provision for family protection; to assist its members in controversies, both public and private, or where their rights are attacked or their interest threatened.