Mama June Shannon is a actuality star, greatest know for the TLC sequence Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo. Mama June, 44, made her debut together with her youngest daughter Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, 18, on Toddlers And Tiaras in 2011. The present led to spinoffs specializing in their and the remainder of the household’s life, most notably Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo and her personal sequence Mama June: From Not To Scorching.
Mama June is a loving mom to her 4 daughters, however the household has often skilled tough occasions of their relationships with each other, which have been documented of their actuality exhibits. She additionally welcomed Anna, 29, Jessica, 27, and Lauryn, 23, for a household stuffed with daughters.
June’s oldest daughter Anna was revealed to have been identified with stage 4 adrenal carcinoma on Thursday, March 30, 2023, per Folks. Mama June shared a information story in regards to the analysis from TMZ on her Instagram Story. It was found after Anna had revealed that she’d been experiencing abdomen pains. She’d reportedly already obtained her first spherical of chemotherapy therapy. Honey Boo Boo confirmed the information with an Instagram assertion the identical day.
“& that is what I imply once I say you by no means really know what any person goes by means of at dwelling,” she wrote through tales. “Irrespective of how well-known they’re. Sure, I’m very well-known however regular sh*** occurs to me and my household & y’all want to understand that asap.”
On December 9, 2023, Anna handed away after her battle with most cancers, and it was later revealed that she’d secretly married Eldridge Toney earlier than her demise. She was 29 years outdated.
Discover out extra about all 4 of Mama June’s youngsters right here.
Anna Cardwell
June’s eldest daughter Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell (née Shannon) was born in August 1994, when June was a teen. Her father was a person named David Dunn. Anna accused her mom’s ex-boyfriend Mark McDaniel of molesting her when she was a toddler. Mark was indicted in 2003 for costs referring to the abuse in opposition to Anna, however the case was dismissed. He was later arrested on aggravated youngster molestation costs and sentenced to 10 years in jail, per Radar On-line. After experiences that June had reunited with Mark when he was launched in 2014, Anna had mentioned she was “damage” by her mom, and mentioned she believed their relationship “could be over” to Radar. June admitted to assembly with Mark, however denied courting him in a November 2014 look on Dr. Phil. “I would like you to know that I’m not in a relationship with Mark McDaniel. I’m not in a relationship in any respect,” she mentioned on the time, per ABC Information.
Anna additionally had a daughter Kaitlyn when she was a young person. She married Michael Cardwell in 2014, and so they had a daughter Kylee the next yr. The couple separated in 2017. Regardless of tough occasions together with her mother previously, it seems that Anna has reconciled together with her mother, and she or he joined her and her three sisters in strolling Mama June down the aisle when she married Justin Stroud in a second marriage ceremony ceremony in February 2023.
On December 10, 2023, Mama June took to Instagram to disclose that Anna had handed away, simply 9 months after the household disclosed her most cancers analysis. “With the breaking coronary heart, we’re asserting that @annamarie35 is not with us,” the truth star captioned an Instagram picture of the household. “She handed away in my dwelling final evening peacefully at 11:12 PM. She gave one hell of a combat for 10 months she handed away together with her household round her like she gained’t and we’ll might be updating y’all with extra data as we get it as we speak. We love y’all and continued prayers and ideas for our household doing this tough time.” Anna’s demise tragically fell on the birthdate of her youngest daughter, Kylee.
Based on a December 11 TMZ report, Anna was a married lady when she died. A wedding certificates obtained by the outlet exhibits she married boyfriend Eldridge Tony on March 4 in Wilkinson County, Georgia on March 4, 2023. The husband of Anna’s sister, Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird reportedly officiated. Anna was present process chemotherapy therapy when she tied the knot, in response to TMZ.
On December 13, 2023, she was laid to relaxation following a personal service and a public visitation.
Jessica Shannon
Mama June had her second daughter Jessica “Chubbs” Shannon with Michael Anthony Ford in October 1996. Like her sisters, she’s appeared within the many actuality exhibits through the years. Jessica underwent cosmetic surgery with Anna, serving to with weight reduction in March 2020. Jessica additionally revealed that she’s in a relationship with single mother Shyann McCant in 2022, per The Solar. She often shares images together with her girlfriend on Instagram.
Lauryn Efird
Mama had her third daughter Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird (née Shannon) in June 2000. Like her mother and sister Anna, Lauryn was additionally a teen mother, welcoming her first youngster Ella when she was 17 together with her boyfriend Joshua Efird. The pair bought married in 2018, and so they had their second youngster, a son Bentley, in June 2021. The couple later welcomed twins (a boy and a lady) in Might 2022.
Whereas it appears that evidently the daughters have all reconciled with Mama June, becoming a member of her for the February marriage ceremony to Justin Stroud, Lauryn has really turn into her youthful sister Alana’s authorized guardian. She gained full custody of her teen sister in June 2022. The authorized battle for custody of Alana was documented in Mama June: Highway To Redemption.
Alana Thompson
The youngest daughter for Mama June is maybe probably the most well-known. June welcomed her youngest daughter Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson together with her ex Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson in August 2005. Alana started competing in magnificence pageants as a toddler, which led to her look on Toddlers And Tiaras. The sequence made the Shannon household stars and led to future actuality packages for the household.
As a teen, Honey Boo Boo will stay in her half-sister’s custody till she turns 18 years outdated. Alana has been courting her boyfriend Dralin Carswell since 2021. She revealed that the two of them went official in a July 2022 episode of Highway To Redemption.
