Bobby Marsh (Novel Series)

Bobby Marsh is one of Philip Blake's old time friends and a central character in The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor. He was described as being somewhat fat, having a nervous hanit of laughing, and having a habit of using profanity. He is possibly the very first main character to die in the entire printed Walking Dead universe.

Pre-Apocalypse
Little is known about Bobby's life before the apocalypse other then he was an only child. As a teenager Bobby went to highschool at Burke County, Georgia with his two friends Philip Blake and Nick Parsons.

Witshire Estates
Once the dead started rising Philip Blake picked his two old friends up along with his daughter and brother and started to make their way to Atlanta for a safe zone. Along the way they stop at Wiltshire Estates. While at Wiltshire it starts becoming clear that their current base will not suffice long term due to the high amount of zombies only a few blocks away in the golf course. While outside taking care of the ever increasing hoard, Bobby is bitten by a hidden former resident of the home they were staying at who reanimated in a dog house. Bobby Marsh then dies and has his brain destroyed by Philip before reanimation. The group then decides to move on toward the rumored Atlanta safe zone after a burial for Bobby.