Many people in the community gathered to say their final goodbyes to young Persayus Davis-May and most of them wore pink because it was her favorite color.

Her loved ones reflected on their best memories of her.

"Persayus taught me what family, love and that connection was because she loved her brothers and sisters, so very much,"said Teyana Smith, Persayus' godmother. "And she most definitely wanted to be everything like her mother, and she's was everything of a daddy's little girl," she said.

Persayus' father expressed his feelings of remorse.

"I feel guilty because one of the things I tell my sons, as a man, you supposed to protect the family," said Tony Davis, Persayus' father. "Provide for your family. I feel I failed my family because she passed on my watch," he said.

But the support for the family proved to be strong when people in the crowd began to yell encouraging words to Davis, telling him he was an "awesome" father.  

Some people used Persayus' funeral as an opportunity to plea for peace and to come together as a community to stand against violence.

"We need each other. We ask god to cover this city but we gotta cover each other," said Will 'Shimmie' Miller, a friend of the family. "I'm asking you all right now to let this be a moment to change your life. Don't let this baby die in vain," he said.

Among those in attendance were Youngstown's Police Chief Carl Davis and Mayor Tito Brown. Neither of them wanted to comment on camera, they told 21 News they wanted the day to focus completely on Persayus.