‘She was my superhero’: Sonya Massey remembered by friends and family

Family and friends remember Sonya Massey, who was fatally shot on July 6 in her Springfield, Illinois, home as a caring person who adored her children.

To her 17-year-old son, Sonya Massey was a “superhero.”

“She was a loving person,” Malachi Hill Massey said. “I don’t know how she does it, but she was just a ball of love. She was the best person on the planet to me.”

His earliest memories with his mother revolved around reading the Bible and exploring their Christian faith, he said. Along with being a great cook and an outgoing woman who could talk “to anybody,” Malachi said his mother was an outspoken Christian who was devoted to her children. 

Massey, 36, was deeply spiritual, spending her days praying, caring for her children, cooking and spending time with family, her uncle Raymond Massey told NBC News in an interview. Raymond said that he and Massey were very close, that she would call him often and that she had texted him, “I love you, uncle,” on the day she was killed.

“She was so caring. She was always happy. She had a great spirit,” Raymond, 64, said. “Every time she had an accomplishment, or her kids had an accomplishment, she would call me. She’d be so proud. She was a great soul.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/sonya-massey-remembered-friends-family-rcna164424

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