...neglected or destroyed. The argument for preserving these cemeteries is not just an affection for ancestors, says Michael Trinkley, the director of the Chicora Foundation, a South Carolina group devoted to protecting and restoring gravesites...

...areas are more acutely affected than rural counties, Ms. Neal said the problems aren't confined to large cities. Michael Trinkley, who works with the South Carolina-based Chicora Foundation, said booming business along his state's coast...