Robert Carl Aliff

Robert Carl Aliff Robert Carl Aliff, M.D., 91, died Tuesday, January 6, 2009, in Tallahassee, Florida. A private memorial service will be held out-of-state at a future date. Dr. Aliff was born in Whitesville, W.Va., on June 17, 1917, the son of Thomas and Mary Wills Aliff. He graduated from Sherman High School and West Virginia Tech in Montgomery, W.Va. He also earned a full scholarship and graduated from the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Aliff served in the post World War II Far East theater as a medical doctor in the United States Navy before returning to the states and marrying Martha Hardy Lawrence of Huntington, W.Va. Dr. Aliff practiced neurosurgery and neurology in Tampa until moving his practice to Charleston, W.Va., in 1973. He retired in 1977 and moved back to Tampa, where he lived until moving to Westminster Oaks in Tallahassee in early 2008. Dr. Aliff was an avid golfer, and he and his wife loved spending the summers in Blowing Rock, N.C. He is survived by daughters, Roberta Edmondson (husband George) of Tampa, FL., and Martha Anne Aliff of Tallahassee, as well as a son, Mark Aliff (wife Nancy) of Tallahassee, and grandchildren Robert, Hope, Benjamin and Elizabeth. Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Tom and Mary; brothers, Paul and Perry; a sister Opal; and his wife, Martha.