Baker County community pays respects after Jacksonville Port Authority COO dies in crash

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

Bennett, 58, who also served as the chief operating officer for the Jacksonville Port Authority, had been on the Baker County Commission since 2011.

For more than 3.5 miles, people lined up along U.S. 90 on Wednesday morning to pay their respects to Bennett as his remains were escorted to Ferreira Funeral Home…

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