Denmark - Services for Carrie Belle Tyler Binnicker Warren, 85, will be held, 11 a.m., Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at St. Phillips Chapel, Vorhees College, Denmark, S.C., with burial in Bamberg Memory Gardens. The family will be at Mercer Funeral Home, from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday. Memorials may be made to Christ Episcopal Church, Building Fund, Denmark, S.C. 29042, or S.C. Coalition Against Violence and Sexual Assault, P.O. Box 7776, Columbia, S.C. 29202-7776. Ms. Warren died Sunday, October 28, 2001. She was the daughter of Clarence Easterlin and Carrie Foy Tyler, was born in Birmingham, Ala., and grew up in Springfield, S.C. She was pre-deceased by husbands, Willie Woodrow Binnicker and Herman Warren. Ms. Warren was an active member of the Bamberg County and Denmark Community. She was the first female elected to City Council in Denmark and served for eight years as Emergency Services Commissioner. She was appointed to represent Denmark on the Lower Savannah Council of Governments and served one term as treasurer of that body. She was president of Congress of Parents and Teachers (PTA). She was the first female reader of Christ Church as well as the first female Senior Warden at that church. She also served Christ Church a number of years as treasurer and Bethel Park United Methodist as Sunday school teacher and pianist. She organized the Bamberg County Coalition to Assist Abused Persons and served as executive director of that agency the three years of its existence. She was a volunteer Guardian Ad Litem for one year and then served as Bamberg County Guardian Ad Litem Coordinator until her retirement at age 84 in June of 2000. Ms. Warren was bookkeeper and office manager at Edisto Packing Co., Holland Atlantic Hitch Co., and Rogers Tire Service. She was also employed as editor of the Denmark Advertiser. Ms. Warren received the Order of the Silver Crescent from Gov. James Hodges in 2000. The governor presented the award in recognition of her dedication, commitment and leadership for South Carolina and her citizens. She also received the Political Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Community during Women's History Month, March 1987, and a Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Community Services (Care Provider) in March 1966, both for the Nu Tau Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Surviving are, a son and daughter-in-law, W. Woodrow and Janice Binnicker of Eutawville, S.C., daughters Pamela Caroline Binnicker of Atlanta, Ga., and son-in-law and daughter Ken and Elizabeth Warren Robinson of Greenville, a sister and brother-in-law, Peggy Tyler and Alfred M. Prescott of Belvedere, S.C., six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. © The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, 30 Oct 2001