June Shannon and her family experienced a serious tragedy at the end of 2023 when her daughter, Anna Cardwell, passed away at 29 following a battle with cancer. The matriarch – who’s also mother to Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson – was very candid about Cardwell's health struggles while she was going through them. Now, nearly two months after her oldest Cardwell’s death, “Mama June” is getting candid about her final days with her. That includes some of the last exchanges she ever had with the child she lovingly called “Chickadee.”
Anna Cardwell received her stage 4 adrenal carcinoma diagnosis in January 2023, after which she began undergoing treatment. It was around that time that the mother of two took a leave of absence from social media. Mama June recently shed more light on that period of time while speaking with DailyMail.com. She explained that Chickadee was living with her and husband Justin Stroud when she died. Also living there were Cardwell’s husband, Eldridge Toney (who she married in a secret wedding in 2023), and two daughters Kaitlyn (11) and Kylee (8). Based on how Shannon described the period of time in which she cared for her daughter, it was emotionally draining for her:
