Mama June Shannon Says She Keeps Late Daughter Anna Cardwell's 'Memory Alive' by Texting Her Phone Number

Mar. 15, 2025

(L) Mama June Shannon and Anna Cardwell.Photo: Desiree Navarro/Getty; Anna Cardwell/Instagram

Mama June Shannonstill reaches out to her late daughter,Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell, even if she won’t get a response.

Ahead of the one year anniversary of Cardwell’s death, theMama June: Family Crisisstar, 45, shared how she has kept close to her late daughter in a emotional tribute onFacebook.

“It will be a year on Monday and we miss the hell out of Anna Marie Cardwell and would give my last penny to just talk to her and [for] her [to] be here for her girls,” she began her post on Dec. 3. “Grief honestly [hurts] at random times.”

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Shannon explained that she’s had “no control” over feeling angry or crying over the loss. She added that the pain of Cardwell’s death has been especially “horrible” and losing her daughter has been more difficult than losing any other family member.

“Living in a house Anna passed in is so hard, not just on me but the whole family,” she continued. “But we have keep our promise we take her every where with us like she wanted and I will continue to do. We definitely have [kept] her memory alive and will always.”

Shannon also revealed that Cardwell was “still in our family group chat” and on her daughterLauryn “Pumpkin” Efird’s “car radio.”

Anna Cardwell.Anna Cardwell/Instagram;

Anna Cardwell/Instagram;

“[I] just can’t and won’t delete any text and won’t ever take her out the chat, so sorry [to] who gets her number one day, u better not remove your self [sic],” she said.

On Dec. 9, 2023, Cardwelldiedafter beingdiagnosed with stage four adrenal carcinomain January of that year. She was 29 years old. At the time, Shannon announced the news in anInstagrampost.

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“With the breaking heart, we are announcing that @annamarie35 is no longer with us,” Shannon wrote. “She passed away in my home last night peacefully at 11:12 PM. 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 [sic] be updating y’all with more information as we get it today.”

source: people.com