Mary Johnson-Roy remembered for her faith and forgiving the man who killed her son [Video]

Saturday was Mary Johnson-Roy Day in the city of Minneapolis. Mayor Jacob Frey made the declaration as she was laid to rest in the morning.

Johnson-Roy, who is most remembered for forgiving the man convicted of killing her son and developing a thriving relationship with him, recently passed away two years after being diagnosed with Lewy body dementia.

Among those at the celebration of life service at Shiloh International Ministries in Minneapolis and those watching online, Johnson-Roy was known best as ‘Mother Mary.’

The title came from the most tragic moment of her life — losing her only son. In 1993, 20-year-old Laramiun Lamont Byrd was shot and killed. 12 years later, Johnson-Roy did the unfathomable when she found it in her heart to forgive Oshea Israel, the man who — at 16 years old — …