Mama June Shannon (left) and Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell.Photo:Noel Vasquez/Getty; Anna Cardwell/ Instagram
Noel Vasquez/Getty; Anna Cardwell/ Instagram
Mama June Shannonis mourning the loss ofher oldest daughter Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell, and inviting fans to pay their respects before her funeral later this week.
Shannon, 44, announcedCardwell’s deathon Instagram on Sunday. In aTikTok videoposted Monday, she revealed that the family will beholding visiting hoursfor the 29-year-old on Wednesday at Williams White-Columns Funeral Home in Gordon, Georgia.
Cardwell, who appeared alongside her mom and sisterAlana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompsonin TLC’sToddlers & TiarasandHere Comes Honey Boo Boo, died 11 months after being diagnosed withstage 4 adrenal carcinoma.
“I know a look a hot mess, but my mind is so emotionally and mentally mindf—ed right now,” Shannon told her followers.
TheMama June: Family in Crisisstar also detailed how things have felt different around the house since Cardwell’s death.
“It’s so quiet in here, the machines aren’t running,” Shannon said. “She’s not sitting in here watching cooking shows and it’s just so quiet. The chair that she was in, you know, nobody is sitting in it right now because it has a blanket and a pillow that she used and that’s where she passed away at.”
Shannon added that she didn’t know “how to describe the pain” she felt in the wake of her daughter’s death, but she insisted that Cardwell would want her fans to be part of the grieving process.
The visitation hour will proceed what Shannon described as a “short but amazing service” honoring Cardwell, who was a mom to daughters Kaitlyn Elizabeth, born in 2012, andKylee Madison, born in 2015.
“We’re doing something for her which is going to be the Tina dance with her as one of her last things,” Shannon said, referring to the signature moves ofBob’s Burgerscharacter Tina Belcher. “As ya’ll know, that bitch loved to do the Tina dance for ya’ll on the couch — no, sorry, on the bed. So many times, ya’ll loved that. And when she actually was down and about, she couldn’t do it any more after chemo, ya’ll missed that.”
Shannon then asked fans to help get Cardwell’s account reach 1 million followers before Wednesday.
Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell with her family, including mom Mama June Shannon.Lauryn Efird/ Instagram
Lauryn Efird/ Instagram
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When Shannon posted the TikTok video toher Instagram accounton Monday, she reiterated the request and thanked fans for their support in the caption.
“We want y’all to come and join us if you can because Anna would not want it to be any other way,” theMama June: Road to Redemptionstar wrote. “Also, let’s get her Instagram to 1 million before Wednesday and along with her TikTok it is tagged in my video over there. We love you guys. We appreciate everyone that has sent well wishes they have sent their prayers and everything for not just us before her kids.”
source: people.com
