According to published reports, Couch was attempting to change the tire on a bus at Fellowship Tours just off Interstate 26 at the Eastern Star exit.

Couch was a native of Rutherfordton, N.C., and had been a resident of Washington County for several years. He was a son of James W. and Janice Crawford Couch of Rutherfordton.

Couch was employed by Blevins Tire Co. of Bristol, Va.

The funeral will be at 7 p.m. tonight at East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home this evening from 5 p.m. until service time and other times at the home of his mother-in-law, Barbara Crain, 131 Lovegrove Lane, Telford.

Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday in the McCarty Cemetery.

Woodall-Anderson and Dugger Funeral Home, 108 W. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City is serving the Couch family.

Woodall-Anderson & Dugger Funeral Home in Johnson City is in charge of the arrangements.