Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell left a huge hole in the hearts of many when she died — including the hearts of her two daughters. The reality TV star was the mother of 12-year-old Kaitlyn and 8-year-old Kylee. Anna was 29 years old when she died on December 9, 2023. This was months after she was diagnosed with stage 4 adrenal cancer in January 2023. Here's more about the beautiful girls she left behind.
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Anna had Kaitlyn in 2012.
Anna had Kaitlyn on July 26, 2012. She raised her firstborn as a single mother until marrying Michael Cardwell in 2014. Kaitlyn was born with an extra thumb, a popular subject on the family’s former reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, which premiered in 2012.
Kaitlyn graduated elementary school months before her mom died.
Kaitlyn had graduated from elementary school in May 2023, months before her mom died. "I am one proud mama right now," Anna wrote in a Facebook post at the time. "And I also can’t believe I am going to have a middle schooler and a second grader give me a minute while I go cry my eyes out I am so proud of my girls and everything they have accomplished."
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Anna gave birth to Kylee in 2015.
The former reality TV star had her second daughter in 2015 with her then-husband, whom she split from two years later. Anna joked that Kylee's sweetness came from her, but her daughter's sassy temper came from Michael.
"I love this girls she is nothing but personality and craziness and can make u laugh by doing to craziest things and boy does she have a temper but she gets that from her daddy cause she don’t get it from her mama she gets her sweetness from me," she wrote for her daughter's sixth birthday.
The mother loved spending time with her girls.
Anna enjoyed spending time with her girls. They often did activities like going fishing and rafting, cooking together, and making TikTok videos. The love she had for her daughters was undeniable.
Anna died on Kylee's birthday.
Anna sadly died on Kylee's eighth birthday. Anna's mother, "Mama June" Shannon, is currently fighting for custody of Kaitlyn. Kylee is reportedly living with her father.
