Manning (Novel Series)

Manning was one of Gene Gavin's bodyguards, along with Trey Barker.

Location Unknown
Almost nothing is known about Manning life before the outbreak. It is known that he was friends with Gene Gavin and Barker, and that he worked together with them.

The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor
Along with Gene and Barker, Manning took over control of Woodbury. When Gene talked to the residents of Woodbury, Barker and Manning was looking for eventually survivors that wasn't at the meeting.

The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury
Manning along with Barker, Stinson, and Tommy Zorn are being kept prisoner below the racetrack. When Barker comes up with a plan to escape, he doesn't agree with it and thinks it will fail. The plan is that one of the prisoners will pretend to be dead so Brian will come into take them. When he enters they will attack him. Stinson volunteers to be the one to play dead.

Later, Brian Blake and Bob Stookey go down to the race track to see the prisoners. Brian says that there were originally seven of them, but there is only four left now. He also states that these are the people he has been feeding Penny Blake. When they arrive they see Stinson on the floor bleeding and slowly moving. Brian, believing he has turned goes in to put him down. When he enters, Barker jumps on his back and attacks him, ripping his chains off the wall in the process. Manning and the others try to escape their bounds during this time, but fail. After a short struggle, Brian grabs his gun and unloads a clip into Barker's skull. He then shoots six shots above Stinson's head in order to scare him. He walks over to him and puts the barrel of his gun into his mouth but doesn't shoot. He leaves, and Bob takes Barkers body to the infirmary for "preparation".