SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                          

                                    FORM 8-K

                          


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



      Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 23, 2005



                     SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in this Charter)



        Utah                          0-9341                  87-0345941
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
 of incorporation)                                       Identification No.)



5300 South 360 West,  Salt Lake City, Utah                      84123
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(Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)



Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:  (801) 264-1060
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                                 Does Not Apply
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





ITEM 1.  Registrant's Business and Operation

Execution of Stock Purchase  Agreement to Acquire Memorial  Insurance Company of
America.

     On  September  23,  2005,  Security  National  Financial  Corporation  (the
"Company"), through its subsidiaries,  Security National Life Insurance Company,
a Utah domiciled  insurance  company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,
and Southern  Security Life Insurance  Company,  a Florida  domiciled  insurance
company and wholly owned subsidiary of Security National Life Insurance Company,
entered into a stock purchase  agreement (the "Stock Purchase  Agreement")  with
Memorial Insurance Company of America,  an Arkansas domiciled  insurance company
("Memorial  Insurance  Company"),  to purchase all of the outstanding  shares of
common  stock of  Memorial  Insurance  Company.  Under  the  terms of the  Stock
Purchase  Agreement,  the  shareholders  of  Memorial  Insurance  Company are to
receive $13,500,000 in consideration for all of the outstanding common shares of
Memorial Insurance Company, with each shareholder to receive a pro rata share of
the total amount of the purchase consideration.  The shareholders are to receive
a total  $13,500,000 for their shares by means of  distributions,  with Security
National Life Insurance  Company and Southern  Security Life  Insurance  Company
simultaneously contributing sufficient capital and surplus to Memorial Insurance
Company to maintain  its status as an admitted  insurer in good  standing in the
state of Arkansas.

     The Stock  Purchase  Agreement also provides that for federal and state tax
purposes, the transaction will be treated as a part sale, part redemption of the
Memorial  Insurance  Company  stock.  At the  closing  of the  transaction,  the
shareholders  of Memorial  Insurance  Company  agree to sell all their shares of
common stock of Memorial  Insurance  Company to Security National Life Insurance
Company and Southern Security Life Insurance Company,  such shares  representing
all of the issued and outstanding stock of Memorial Insurance Company,  free and
clear of all  liens,  claims,  and  encumbrances.  Following  completion  of the
purchase of all the Memorial  Insurance  Company stock by Security National Life
Insurance  Company and Southern  Security Life Insurance Company pursuant to the
terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement,  Memorial Insurance Company will become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Security Life Insurance Company.

     As of December 31, 2004, Memorial Insurance Company had 100,170 policies in
force and 50 agents.  For the year ended December 31, 2004,  Memorial  Insurance
Company had revenues of $4,893,000 and net income of $2,158,000.  As of December
31, 2004, the statutory assets and the capital and surplus of Memorial Insurance
Company were $45,048,000 and $12,303,000, respectfully.

     Under the terms of the Stock Purchase  Agreement,  the shareholders  agree,
where  applicable  following  the closing of the  transaction,  to maintain  any
existing  policies from Memorial  Insurance  Company that were  previously  sold
through  such  shareholders'  funeral  and  mortuary  businesses  and  to  avoid
replacing any of such policies with the policies of other  insurance  companies.
The  shareholders  further agree to use their reasonable best efforts to support
the business and  operations of Memorial  Insurance  Company,  including,  where
applicable,  to maintain a business relationship with Memorial Insurance Company
to the extent such a business relationship existed prior to such closing.

     Moreover,  Security  National Life Insurance  Company and Southern Security
Life  Insurance  Company  agree,  pursuant  to the terms of the  Stock  Purchase
Agreement,  to maintain the corporate  offices of Memorial  Insurance Company at
its current location in Blytheville,  Arkansas.  Furthermore,  Security National
Life Insurance Company and Southern Security Life Insurance Company agree to use
their best efforts,  following the closing, to assist Memorial Insurance Company
in retaining  the sales agents and brokers in its business and  operations.  The
Company anticipates completing the transaction on or before October 30, 2005.

     At the  closing  of  the  transaction,  Security  National  Life  Insurance
Company, Southern Security Life Insurance Company and Memorial Insurance Company
each agree, pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, to enter into
a  coinsurance  agreement  to reinsure  all of the  invested  assets and assumed
liabilities of Memorial  Insurance  Company to Security  National Life Insurance
Company,  to the extent permitted by the Arkansas Insurance  Department,  except
for certain policies not included within the reissued policies.  The coinsurance
agreement  is  required  to  have  terms  standard  in  the  industry  for  such
agreements,  and is to include a tri-party  collateral  provision  regarding the
assets  funding the  reserves.  The parties to the  coinsurance  agreement  will
consist of Security  National Life  Insurance  Company,  Southern  Security Life
Insurance  Company,  Memorial  Insurance  Company  and  the  Arkansas  Insurance
Department.

     Upon  approval  of the  coinsurance  agreement  by the  Arkansas  and  Utah
insurance  departments,  certain  insurance  business and operations of Memorial
Insurance  Company  will be  transferred  to Security  National  Life  Insurance
Company.  Any future insurance  business by Memorial  Insurance  Company will be
covered  by  this  coinsurance  agreement.  It is  anticipated  that  all of the
business and  operations of Memorial  Insurance  Company will be  transferred to
Security  National Life  Insurance  Company  under the terms of the  coinsurance
agreement, except for capital and surplus of approximately $1,000,000.  Thus, it
is estimated that  approximately  $25,568,000 in assets and liabilities  will be
transferred from Memorial  Insurance Company to Security National Life Insurance
Company pursuant to the coinsurance agreement.

     At the closing of the stock purchase  transaction,  Security  National Life
Insurance  Company  will  contribute  $5,600,000  in cash to Memorial  Insurance
Company,  for which Security National Life Insurance Company will receive a note
secured by the investments in common stock held by Memorial  Insurance  Company.
In addition, Southern Security Life Insurance Company will contribute $1,812,000
to  Memorial  Insurance  Company  in  consideration  for a surplus  note.  It is
intended that the $5,600,000 note and the $1,812,000 surplus note will be repaid
to Security National Life Insurance Company and Southern Security Life Insurance
Company,  respectively,  in early 2006 using the  proceeds  from the sale of the
investments in common stock of Memorial  Insurance Company that will be securing
the note.

     The  obligations  of Security  National Life  Insurance  Company,  Southern
Security Life Insurance  Company and Memorial  Insurance Company to complete the
stock purchase transaction are contingent upon: (i) approval and adoption of the
Stock  Purchase  Agreement by the Board of Directors of Security  National  Life
Insurance  Company,  Southern  Security  Life  Insurance  Company,  and Memorial
Insurance  Company;  and (ii)  approval  of the  transaction  by any  regulatory
authorities  having  jurisdiction over Security National Life Insurance Company,
Southern  Security  Life  Insurance  Company  and  Memorial  Insurance  Company,
including the insurance departments of the states of Arkansas, Florida and Utah.


     ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits


         (c)  Exhibits

          10.1 Stock Purchase  Agreement among Security  National Life Insurance
               Company,  Southern  Security  Life  Insurance  Company,  Memorial
               Insurance  Company of America  and the  shareholders  of Memorial
               Insurance   Company   that  have   executed   the   Agreement  by
               Shareholders  of  Memorial  Insurance  Company of America to Sell
               Shares in Stock Purchase Transaction.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                SECURITY NATIONAL
                                FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                                   (Registrant)



Date: September 27, 2005          By: /s/ Scott M. Quist
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                                      Scott M. Quist
                                      President and Chief Operating Officer