SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Quist George Robert (Last) (First) (Middle) 4491 WANDER LANE (Street) SALT LAKE CITY UT 84117 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP [ SNFCA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman & CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/11/2005
	4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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
Class A Common Stock	08/11/2005		P		80	A	$3.19	661,509	D
Class A Common Stock	09/30/2005		P		460	A	$3.11	661.969	D
Class A Common Stock	12/01/2005		J(1)		1,930	A	$3.6	663,899	D
Class A Common Stock	01/20/2006		J(2)		33,137	A	$3.74	697,036	D
Class C Common Stock	01/20/2006		J(2)		167,935	A	$3.74	3,526,621(3)	D
Class A Common Stock	11/28/2006		J(4)		1,667	A	$5.5	698,703	D
Class A Common Stock	11/29/2006		M		51,051	A	$5.69	749,754	D
Class A Common Stock	12/29/2006		G		2,500	D	$5.5	742,254	D
Class A Common Stock	01/02/2007		G		2,500	D	$5.5	744,754(3)	D

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Employee Stocl Option (right to buy)	$3.59(5)	07/16/2004		A		55,125(5)		07/16/2004	07/16/2009	Class A Common Stock	55,125(5)	$3.59	55,125(5)	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$3.22(6)	12/10/2004		A		55,125(6)		12/10/2004	12/10/2009	Class A Common Stock	55,125(6)	$3.22	55,125(6)	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$3.68(7)	03/25/2005		A		73,500(7)		03/25/2005	03/25/2010	Class A Common Stock	73,500(7)	$3.68	73,500(7)	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$2.07(8)	11/28/2006		M			51,051(8)	11/29/2003	11/29/2006	Class A Common Stock	51,051(8)	$2.07	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Mandatory retirement disbursement from the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) because the reporting person is over 70 1/2 years of age.

2. Received pursuant to a 5% stock dividend paid on January 20, 2006.

3. Includes 451,870 shares of Class A Common Stock and 3,526,621 shares of Class C Common Stock owned by the George R. and Shirley C. Quist Family Partnership, Ltd. Does not include 72,488 shares of Class A Common Stock and 494,110 shares of Class C Common Stock owned indirectly by the reporting person in the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Associated Investors, the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and the Deferred Compensation Plan.

4. Mandatory retirement disbursement from the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) because the reporting person is over 70 1/2 years of age.

5. This option was originally reported as covering 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.96 per share, but adjusted to reflect 5% stock dividends on January 22, 2005 and January 20, 2006.

6. This option was originally reported as covering 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.55 per share, but adjusted to reflect 5% stock dividends on January 22, 2005 and January 20, 2006.

7. This option was originally reported as covering 70,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.86 per share, but adjusted to reflect the 5% stock dividend on January 20, 2006.

8. This option was originally reported as covering 40,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.64 per share, but adjusted to reflect 5% stock dividends on January 8, 2002, January 15, 2003, January 5, 2004, January 22, 2005 and January 20, 2006.

	George R. Quist, Sr.	01/18/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* 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).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.