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(Clarksdale) This weekend, family and friends will say their final goodbyes to Marco McMillian.

He’s the former mayoral candidate from Clarksdale whose body was found near a river levee in Coahoma County.

The family says he was beaten, dragged and then set on fire.

Lawrence Reed of Shelby Mississippi is charged with his murder.

The Homegoing Service for Marco McMillian was held today at 11 am at The Coahoma Community College Pinnacle on Friars Point Road in Clarksdale.

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