In the span of a year, Carol Ann Felts went from being thrown out of the Manatee County Commission chambers to sitting behind the dais as the District 1 commissioner.
Just 15 months into her current term, the 68-year-old Felts died suddenly at her Myakka City home Feb. 24 of natural causes.
She is survived by two sons, Nicholas and Kiel Felts, who were scheduled to speak at the March 2 commission meeting that was set to honor Felts. Her cause of death has not been released by the District 12 Medical Examiner’s Office, but the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said there was no evidence of foul play…