Loved ones, coworkers, and community leaders will gather Friday to honor Baker County Commissioner and Jacksonville Port Authority Chief Operating Officer James Bennett, who was killed in a crash earlier this week.

A procession Wednesday returned Baker County Commissioner Jimmy Bennett’s remains to Macclenny after he died Monday morning in a crash on I-10.

Jacksonville Port Authority Chief Operating Officer James Bennett died Monday morning in a car crash, JaxPort confirmed to News4JAX.

A 58-year-old Baker County man died Monday morning in a crash on I-10 eastbound, west of U.S. 301, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

MACCLENNY, Fla. – The Baker County Courthouse mural depicting three hooded Ku Klux Klan members riding on horses has been a controversial topical for nearly two decades. During Tuesday evening’s Baker County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioners discussed for a while moving the mural from the courthouse but they did not formally vote to move it. Chairman James Bennett, who acknowledges this is a sensitive topic, seemed to suggest he would approve moving the mural if there is first a place confirmed for the mural to go. PREVIOUS STORIES: Baker County Courthouse mural causes stir on social media | Baker County residents weigh-in on controversial courthouse muralA group of lawyers is demanding the mural’s immediate removal. All five county commissioners had not responded to News4Jax’s request for comment as of early Wednesday evening.

FILE - This June 22, 2019 file photo shows the exterior of the New York Times building in New York. Some staff members at The New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer called in sick to protest editorial decisions they found insensitive about protests over George Floyd's death. Several Times journalists responded on social media by saying the article puts black staff members in danger. Some 30 members, out of a staff of about 210, skipped work for the same reason, a spokesman said. Richard Prince, a former staff member at the Washington Post who writes Journal-isms, an online column about diversity issues, said the online uprising illustrates both newspapers need to do a better job listening to and acting on the concerns of black staff members.