LANCASTER, SC –Mr. Thomas Bradley "Brad" Waits, age 43, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2024. He was born June 6, 1980, to Julia Arant Waits and the late Kim Thomas Waits. Brad was a wonderful artist and tattoo artist. He enjoyed drawing, baseball, football, listening to music, and go kart and dirt track racing.

Brad is survived by his mother, Julia Waits; his brother, Robbie Waits (Kimberly); his nephew and niece, Colby Waits and Kylie Waits; aunts and uncles, Evelyn Keener and husband, Billy, Dianne Waits, Dewayne Morgan, Mary Arant, Brenda Arrant (Bobby), Freddie Arant (Nancy), and Curtis Lynn Arant; his cousins, Keith Faile (Ruby), and Ashley Faile; special friends, Tony and Alicia Terry, Anthony Terry, Grayson Ghent, Blaze Ghent, and Layton Ghent.

He was preceded in death by his two daughters, Emily Madyson Waits and Meagan Elizabeth Waits; his father, Kim Thomas Waits; maternal grandparents, Nannie Hammond (Robert), and Curtis Lee Arant; paternal grandparents, Richard L. and Evelyn Waits; his aunts, Linda Smith, Brenda Morgan, Wanda Booth; his uncles, Richard "Ricky" Waits, Jeffery Arant, and his cousin, Kayla Faile.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Friday, March 8, 2024, at Burgess Funeral Home. For those who wish, memorials may be made to The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at www.cff.org.

Burgess Funeral Home and Crematory of Lancaster is caring for the family of Mr. Brad Waits.