The Honey Boo Boo family has just announced that the oldest daughter, Anna Cardwell, has unfortunately passed away at just 29 years old.
After weeks of the family sharing updates about what was going on with her, her journey with cancer has tragically ended.
According to Mama June, Anna passed away on December 9, 2023, at 11:12 pm.
She was at June’s home, and she passed surrounded by her family and other people that she asked to be there.
Mama June asked for prayers and said that they would announce the funeral arrangements after they made them on December 10th. And even more tragically, December 9th is her daughter Kylee’s birthday.
Anna Battled a Rare Form of Adrenal Cancer
This all began in January of 2023 when Anna announced that she had been diagnosed with a rare adrenal cancer and that it was Stage 4.
But at the time, no one shared too many details. Anna was just 29 years old and had two daughters, Kylee and Kaitlyn, who are seven and ten respectively.
For a while, the family was pretty quiet about the circumstances surrounding Anna’s diagnosis. But then a little while after the announcement, Mama June came forward in an interview with Entertainment Tonight to talk about the prognosis.
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She said that the family had all accepted that the disease was terminal, and that Anna wasn’t going to go into remission. She also shared that it was always on her mind, but that they were just trying to take it day by day.
She said that the girls knew that she was sick, but that they didn’t know what that meant exactly or just how sick she was. For months, that was the only update the family shared.
Things Took A Devastating Turn A Few Weeks Ago
People began questioning if there had been a turn in Anna’s health a few weeks ago, just days after the family shared that things were starting to take a devastating turn.
Justin, Mama June’s husband, shared that Anna asked not to be on camera anymore.
And then Anna shared a picture on her Instagram with a pretty sad quote: “If I pass away unexpectedly, remind my kids every time you see them how much I love them, and how I would do anything in this world for them. This is all I want.”
That was in late October, and it was then that people started questioning if things had gone from bad to worse for Anna. Just about two weeks ago, in mid-November, the family shared that they were going on their last family trip with Anna.
Pumpkin wrote about it on the Facebook page for her new business, The Sisters Closet. But Mama June said that Honey Boo Boo, who prefers to go by Alana now, wouldn’t be joining them on the trip because of her school.
Then Mama June shared in a TikTok live that Anna’s cancer had spread, and that she had stopped doing any kind of treatment.
Some fans were speculating that Anna, her husband, and her two girls had moved in with Mama June and Justin. It seemed like the family was in a holding period as things got worse and worse with Anna and she tried to live out her final days in peace.
After a few days of silence, they all started sharing some pretty devastating updates in the last couple of days. First Pumpkin shared a message on her business Facebook page. “Hey everyone, I don’t normally post things like this but send up prayers for our family,” she wrote.
Fans Started Fearing the Worst On Social Media
Immediately, everyone started speculating that something had happened to Anna as the rest of the family went quiet on social media. And that seemed to be exactly the case, because then Mama June came out with some statements of her own.
She shared a TikTok and an Instagram reel saying that things have progressed badly for Anna over the last few weeks and that she’s in her transition. She asked for prayers as they were going through this process and said that they would update everyone as things progressed.
But then in her TikTok, she said that this was the last time she’d be on social media until Anna had passed away, whenever that may be.
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In the TikTok, Mama June said that the family would share a joint family statement when Anna passes away. And that’s exactly what they did.
Please take some time to send some positive thoughts and prayers to Alana, Mama June, Pumpkin, and the rest of the family as they go through this truly devastating time.
