Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell's family gathered for her funeral service in Georgia on Wednesday (13.12.23).

Anna Cardwell died last week at the age of just 29 following a battle with cancer

Anna Cardwell died last week at the age of just 29 following a battle with cancer

The reality star - who appeared alongside her mom, Mama June Shannon, and younger sister Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson, 18, on 'Toddlers and Tiaras' and 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' - died aged just 29 last Saturday (09.12.23) following a battle with adrenal cancer and her loved ones gathered to pay their respects at a service in her hometown.

Both Mama June and Honey Boo Boo were seen amongst the mourners alongside sister Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Efird, 23, and the order of service listed Anna under her married name of Anna Marie Toney, after she tied the knot with Eldridge Toney earlier this year.

The poem 'Broken Chain' was also read out the service, which said: "We little knew the day that God was going to call your name.

In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same.

"It broke our hearts to lose you.

But you didn’t go alone.

For part of us went with you. The day God called you home."

"You left us peaceful memories.

Your love is still our guide, And though we cannot see you.

You are always at our side.

"Our family chain is broken and nothing seems the same, but as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.'

According to reports, the tragic reality requested an open-casket funeral and her family is planning to make 'special jewellery or crystals' filled with her ashes.

The news comes just days Mama June took to social media to announce that despite giving "one hell of a fight", her daughter had passed away peacefully following a 10-month battle with the disease.

She wrote on Instagram on Sunday (10.12.23) alongside a family photo: "With the breaking heart, we are announcing that @annamarie35 is no longer with us. 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 be updating y’all with more information as we get it today.


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