Funeral Service for Whitney Rae Hopkins, 28, of Waubay, SD will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at the Enemy Swim Community Center, Enemy Swim with Rev. Charles Chan, Rev. Les Campbell and Episcopal Lay Readers officiating. Pallbearers will be Johnson Hopkins, Chris Fayant Sr., Jesse Anderson, Chris Keeble, Cameron Fayant, Brandon Rockwood, Jesse "JJ" Hopkins, Sr., Garrett "Papa" Keoke, Jordan Biddell and Jake Bellonger.  Honorary Pallbearers will be Rhea RockWood, Lindsey Long, Elise Johnson, Winona "Nona" Campbell, Megan Trevino, Lolita Seaboy, Ruth Iyarpeya, Tilena Herrick, Margaret Hopkins, Misty (Baby Girl) Campbell, Tamara Hinze, and numerous Family and Friends. Interment will be in the St. James' Episcopal Cemetery Enemy Swim.   Wake Services will be held at the Enemy Swim Community Center at 7:00 P.M. on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (all night). Cahill Funeral Chapel, Sisseton, SD, is in charge of Funeral arrangement.

Whitney Rae Hopkins "Squitty Whit", was born on December 5, 1988 to Estelle Hopkins and

Roy Crazy Bull, in Sisseton, SD. She attended Enemy Swim Day School from elementary until

she graduated the eighth grade. From there she went to Waubay High School but completed her GED

through the SWST youth build program which led her to attend other classes at the SWCC.

During this time she met her life partner Christopher Fayant Sr. in which they were blessed

with four beautiful children. Whitney enjoyed the simple pleasures in life. She was a homemaker,

not only in her own Home but to the rest of the family as well. Her ability to reach people in an

Uncanny Way brought joy and laughter in many lives. Whit was the life of the party who

radiated passion for her love ones throughout her life. She was an avid Dallas Cowboys and Duke Fan,

and her nieces and nephews meant the world to her as she thought of them as her own.

Whitney passed away on August 24, 2017.

Whitney is survived by her four children, Mercades Rhanae Hopkins, Dominic Lee Hopkins-Fayant, Christopher Reed "CJ" Fayant Jr., and Shylah Grace Hopkins-Fayant all of Enemy Swim; her companion Christopher Fayant Sr. of Enemy Swim; her mother, Estelle Hopkins of Waubay, SD; her father Roy CrazyBull of West Virginia; two brothers, Johnson Hopkins of Sisseton, SD and RJ Welch of Brookings, SD; six sisters, Shannon Hopkins, Jennifer Oreskovich, and Chelsea Hopkins all of Enemy Swim, Amy FastHorse of Sisseton, SD, Emma CrazyBull of Richmond, VA, and Marquette WhiteBear of Albuquerque, NM.

Whitney was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents Solon and Beulah Hopkins, uncles and aunts, Delbert Hopkins, Connie Thennis, JoAnn Bellonger- Frank, Amos and Elaine Mireau.