Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SHANE WILLIAM ROBERT
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STONEMOR PARTNERS LP [STON] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP; Chief Financial Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O STONEMOR PARTNERS, L.P., 311 VETERANS HIGHWAY, SUITE B		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/16/2009
(Street)

LEVITTOWN, PA 19056		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Phantom Unit (1) 12/16/2009   A   10,000     (2)   (3) Common Units 10,000 $ 0 10,000 D  
Unit Appreciation Right $ 18.8 (4) 12/16/2009   A   175,000     (5)   (6) Common Units (7) $ 0 175,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SHANE WILLIAM ROBERT
C/O STONEMOR PARTNERS, L.P.
311 VETERANS HIGHWAY, SUITE B
LEVITTOWN, PA 19056		   X     EVP; Chief Financial Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Shirley Herman, Attorney-in-Fact   12/17/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The reporting person was granted 10,000 restricted phantom units on a one-time basis pursuant to an Executive Restricted Phantom Unit Agreement (the "Executive Agreement"), dated as of December 16, 2009, under the StoneMor Partners L.P. Long-Term Incentive Plan, between the reporting person and StoneMor GP LLC, the general partner of StoneMor Partners L.P. Each unit of restricted phantom units representing limited partner interests is the economic equivalent of one common unit representing limited partner interests. Restricted phantom units become payable, in cash or common units, at the election of the issuer, upon the separation of the reporting person from service as an executive or upon the occurrence of certain other events specified in the Executive Agreement.
(2) The exercise of restricted phantom units may be subject to approval by the limited partners of the issuer as required by the NASDAQ listing rules. See Footnote 1.
(3) See Footnote 1.
(4) The reporting person was granted 175,000 Unit Appreciation Rights ("UARs") pursuant to a Unit Appreciation Rights Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of December 16, 2009, under the StoneMor Partners L.P. Long-Term Incentive Plan, between the reporting person and StoneMor GP LLC. All of the UARs granted pursuant to the Agreement vest pursuant to a formula set forth in the Agreement.
(5) The UARs may be exercised only after vesting and to the extent vested. See Footnote 4. The exercise of UARs may be subject to approval by the limited partners of the issuer as required by the NASDAQ listing rules.
(6) The UARs expire 5 years after the date of grant of December 16, 2009.
(7) Upon exercise of the UARs, the reporting person will receive the number of whole common units determined by a formula set forth in the Agreement.
 
Remarks:
The filing of this statement shall not be construed as an admission (a) that the person filing this statement is, for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of any equity secutities covered by this statement, or (b) that this statement is legally required to be filed by such person.

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