Mama June and Family Pay Tribute to Daughter Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell on What Would Have Been Her 32nd Birthday

Mama June Shannon and her daughters are celebrating the late Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell.

Anna died at age 29 in December 2023, after she was diagnosed with stage 4 adrenal carcinoma. She would have turned 32 on Friday, Aug. 28 — a birthday she shares with younger sister Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, 21.

In honor of her “heavenly” birthday, Mama June, 47, shared a video on TikTok of her alongside her daughters and granddaughters celebrating Anna. “So Anna and Alana’s birthday is today, and we got Anna a cake just to [share] all of our accomplishments that have happened since she passed away,” Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird said as the video began.


Jessica, 29, lit a candle for two life updates, sharing that she got “married and divorced” and “made my first big girl purchase and got a car.”

Jessica, Kaitlyn, Ella, Pumpkin.officialmamajune/TikTok
Anna’s daughter, Kaitlyn, of whom Mama June now has custody, said that she “got into high school” and “graduated middle school with all As and Bs” since her mom’s death.

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Pumpkin, 26, shared that since her sister’s death, she got a divorce, has been “really successful” on OnlyFans and is now “debt-free.”

Pumpkin’s daughter, Ella, also participated and said she “won my first soccer championship” since her aunt’s death.

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Mama June mostly focused on Kaitlyn for the candles she lit, as she said the 13-year-old has started high school and she’s so far “survived teenage years” with her. The matriarch also said that she “decided we need to purchase a house and stay closer to the kids.”

Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson.officialmamajune/TikTok
Alana, who turned 21 on Aug. 28, was edited into the video separately. Among the things she shared was that she started her final year of college and got her “first-ever job at the hospital.”

Jessica, Pumpkin, Kaitlyn and Ella all blew out the candles on the cake as the video ended, and said in unison, “Happy birthday, Anna!”

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In the caption of the post, Mama June shared that they are traveling to Colorado to celebrate Alana’s birthday and that Anna will “[be] there with us.”

“We miss you every day,” she wrote. “Some days are harder than others, but [Kaitlyn] wanted us to make a video to let you all the things we have been doing.” Mama June also said that Anna’s daughter is “so much like” her.