John Henry “Doc” Holliday gained a notorious reputation in the West as a gambler and gunfighter, though Wyatt Earp reportedly called him a loyal friend, good company, and a dentist turned gambler by necessity and vagabond by disease. In reality, he was a dying man whose life could not be extended. He died of consumption (tuberculosis) in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on November 8, 1887, at age 36. The same disease had earlier claimed his mother, Alice Jane, and his adopted brother, Francisco Edalgo, born Hidalgo. Local lore holds that after hearing of his son's death, Henry Holliday traveled from Valdosta to Colorado and brought Doc back to Griffin to be buried in his hometown. Some Holliday historians have identified this unmarked plot as a possible burial site of John Henry “Doc” Holliday, and some also believe a second unmarked grave belongs to Henry Holliday, who wished to be laid to rest beside his son despite their estranged relationship.