'Mama June: Family Crisis' shows Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell's farewell from family before passing

ATLANTA, GEORGIA: ‘Mama June: The Family Crisis’ is in its most emotional moment as the family members are bidding adieu to the terminally ill Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell.

In the latest episode of the TV show, Anna received emotional farewells from her close family members as they prepared themselves mentally for her passing.

In the episode titled, 'One Last Family Christmas,' Anna - who passed away in December 2023 following her battle with adrenal cancer - suffered a major health breakdown. 

As her health deteriorated, her family tried to give her a memorable vacation, but the ominous future was hanging there, per Daily Mail.

Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell receives an emotional farewell from her family

At one point in the episode, Anna’s mother, Mama June Shannon, said, “Anna's had a few rough nights. And last night was really rough.”

She added, “I mean, she was shallow breathing. We all slept in the living room. I can tell things are different. That is the reason why hospice is here.”

A hospice nurse arrived at Anna's residence, where she was staying with Mama June and her husband Justin. The nurse informed the family, "I believe she's in transition. Her pulse is quite high."

The distraught mother later confessed, “No matter how much you knew it was going to happen, it is still f***ing like, what?”

The episode then focused back to the nurse, who said, “I can't give you a time frame...We just never know. How fast things are going to change.”

Mama June added at that point, “When the hospice nurse says Anna's transitioning, um, you know what that means.” She continued, heartbroken, “I mean, if you want to say goodbye or you want to make peace with Anna, this is the time to do it.”

Apart from Mama June, Anna’s sister Lauryn 'Pumpkin' was also seen on the screen as she was making calls to the family members. 

The family sounded concerned about Anna’s daughters Kaitlyn and Kylee, who were left devastated after Anna’s passing. 

Lauryn then mentioned they would have to cancel the Christmas party, saying, “And that just kind of breaks my heart because, like, Kaitlyn is having to watch that. Kylee is having to watch that. We're having to watch that with everybody surrounding us, and it just...it f***ing sucks.”

Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell's sister Alana becomes emotional

Apart from Anna’s immediate family members, many other loved ones including Anna's father, June's estranged mother and Kaitlyn's father Eldridge. 

Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ was also called from Colorado to bid farewell to Anna. 

Mama June shared, 'I want y'all to go in there and say what y'all want to say to her. I did it last night. And I told her today, I said, don't worry about it, we got Kaitlyn, I promise you.'

Alana finally met her sister and informed her that she had finished her first semester of college which made the ailing star proud with joy, and saying, “Way to go, Alana.”

Alana later said in a confessional, “Anna saying to me that,  like, she didn't really say it to me, but she...I knew what she was trying to get past, that she was proud of me and stuff when I told her that I finished my first semester of college.”

She continued, “It was just crazy because I wanted Anna to be able to see me graduate college. And like, now that's not even going to happen.”

Later in the episode, it was revealed that Anna passed away later in that evening.