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 *
HELLMAN ROBERT B JR
  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
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 800
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/14/2017
(Street)

FOSTER CITY, CA 94404
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
Common units representing limited partner interests 02/14/2017   A   78,342 (1) A $ 9.5 2,364,162 I By American Cemeteries Infrastructure Investors, LLC (2) (3)
Common units representing limited partner interests               24,518 D  
Common units representing limited partner interests               2,076,523 (4) I By StoneMor GP Holdings LLC (2) (3)

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
HELLMAN ROBERT B JR
950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 800
FOSTER CITY, CA 94404
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Robert B. Hellman Jr.   02/16/2017
**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) Represents common units representing limited partner interests ("common units") issued by StoneMor Partners L.P. (the "Company") to American Cemeteries Infrastructure Investors, LLC ("ACII") in lieu of cash distributions of $0.33 per common unit on common units held by ACII. The number of common units issued in lieu of cash distributions was calculated based on the quotient of (A) the amount of the quarterly distribution paid on the outstanding common units by (B) the volume-weighted average price of the common units for the thirty (30) trading days immediately preceding January 27, 2017, the date on which the Company declared a quarterly distribution with respect to the common units, which was $9.50.
(2) StoneMor GP Holdings LLC ("GP Holdings") is majority owned by a trust for the pecuniary benefit of American Cemeteries Infrastructure Investors, LLC ("ACII"). ACII is managed by its manager, AIM Universal Holdings, LLC ("AUH"), and is owned by its members: American Infrastructure MLP Fund II, L.P. ("AIM II"), American Infrastructure MLP Founders Fund II, L.P. ("AIM FF II"), AIM II Delaware StoneMor, Inc. ("AIM II StoneMor") and AIM Cemetery Infrastructure, L.P. ("AIM Cemetery Infrastructure"). AIM II StoneMor is owned by American Infrastructure MLP Management II, L.L.C. ("AIM Management II") and AIM II Offshore, L.P. ("AIM II Offshore"). AIM Management II is the general partner of AIM II, AIM FFII and AIM II Offshore. AUH is the general partner of AIM Cemetary Infrastructure. The Reporting Person is a director of GP Holdings, a managing member of AIM Management II, the president of AIM II StoneMor and a member of AUH.
(3) The Reporting Person shares the power to vote or dispose of the common units held directly by GP Holdings and ACII and, therefore, may be deemed to have voting and investment power with respect to such common units. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these common units except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(4) Represents the proportionate interest of ACII in 2,332,878 common units of the Partnership issued and sold to GP Holdings by the Partnership, which purchase was funded by the purchase of common units of GP Holdings by a trust for the pecuniary benefit of ACII.
 
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 Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered by this statement, or (b) that this statement is legally required to be filed by such person.

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