“Mama June” Shannon's eldest daughter, Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell, has died following her diagnosis with adrenal cancer.
The 44-year-old shared a family photo to Instagram Dec. 10, writing, "With the breaking heart, we are announcing that @annamarie35 is no longer with us."
Shannon continued, saying that her daughter died "peacefully" in her home Dec. 9 at 11:12 p.m.
“She gave one hell of a fight for 10 months she passed away with her family around her like she won’t and we will will be updating y’all with more information as we get it today. We love y’all and continued prayers and thoughts for our family doing this difficult time,” she wrote, adding the hashtags #mamajune, #prayers, #cancersucks and #family.
Cardwell is a mother to two young daughters, Kaitlyn and Kylee.
Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson mourned her older sister in a heartfelt Instagram post Sunday.
"This is one post I wish I didn’t have to make," she wrote.
Thompson said that Cardwell "was in so much pain" before her death.
"Watching my 29 year old sister this last year battle this horrible disease hasn’t been easy. Anna was a fighter & still is. Lord please wrap your arms around her 2 babies & our family as the next couple of days will make this all a reality. I’m so glad that you waited til i was home to take your last breath!" she wrote in the caption.
On Dec. 8, Shannon provided an update on Cardwell via Instagram, saying in a video that "some things have changed" in their lives. At the time, she said Cardwell was "still with us" and asked for continued prayers for the family.
“I’m going to sign off, this will be my last message. When that time does come, we will also as a family come to y’all on social media because Anna would not have it any f---ing other way,” she said in the clip.
Cardwell, 29, had been sharing her health journey on social media over the past several months and last posted on Instagram Nov. 9. She was reviewing a food and shared that she was feeling "eh" after finishing a radiation treatment.
In July, Shannon told "Entertainment Tonight" that Cardwell had just finished her fourth round of chemotherapy treatment for adrenal carcinoma. Cardwell's diagnosis was stage 4, and Shannon described her condition as “terminal.”
“We don’t know what to expect because the cancer is very aggressive, and it grew from nothing to something huge on the left side of her body really fast,” Shannon said. “For me, it’s an emotional rollercoaster sometimes. Mentally it’s always on my mind.”
The reality star added, “She’s not going go into remission. We’ve all accepted that, so I just tell people one day at a time because you never know.”
In May, Shannon confirmed to "ET" that Cardwell had been diagnosed with a “very rare and very aggressive” form of cancer. Shannon said her daughter first noticed something was wrong, however, in August 2022.
At the time, Cardwell sought treatment for back pain, where doctors removed a cyst, Shannon previously said. Soon after, her daughter’s health worsened.
By the time Cardwell received a diagnosis, the cancer had spread to her liver, spleen and lungs, Shannon said at the time.
