Julie Marie (Bays) Bryant-age 54 of Knoxville passed away Monday, February 26, 2018 Physicians Regional Medical Center. She was of the Baptist faith. Preceded in death by parents, Esco and Betty Bays; sisters, Sherry, Laura and Becky; great-grandmother, Patsy Louise Harper

Survived by husband, Damon Bryant; daughter, Cristy Bryant (Jeremy); Son Damon (Maria) Bryant; grandchildren, Dominick and Alexis Bryant, Grayson and Corbin Johnson; special nephew, Franklin Lindsay; special aunt, Linda Harless; special friends, Gary and Deborah Lawhorn, Steve and Cheryl Ferguson, Shannon Worsham, Gary and Chaften Patel, Abhi Patel. Several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and a host of friends.

The family will receive friends 12-2 P.M. Sunday, March 4, 2018 with funeral service to follow at 2 p.m., Cooke-Campbell Mortuary Chapel, Special Friend Rev. Dan Webb officiating. Interment will follow at Big Barren Cemetery, Maynardville. Pallbearers: Damon Bryant, Dominick Bryant, Grayson Johnson, Corbin Johnson, Danny England, James Byrd. Honorary Pallbearers: John Paul Jones, Franklin Lindsay, Gary Lawhorn. Arrangements by Cooke-Campbell Mortuary, Maynardville.