Hillsborough County FlArchives Biographies.....Petteway, W. Raleigh June 7, 1891 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.158  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present 

	Hon. W. RALEIGH PETTEWAY, judge of the Juvenile Court of Tampa, a
veteran of the World war, and a man of the highest standing both with the bench and
the bar, had already made a reputation for himself as one of the able and
resourceful lawyers of this part of the state, and is winning approval by his
masterly handling of the difficult matters which come into his court for his
personal adjudication.
	Judge Petteway was born at Jacksonville, North Carolina, June 7, 1891,
a son of LEWIS S. and SARAH C. (WILLIAMS) PETTEWAY, both of whom were natives 
of North Carolina. LEWIS S. PETTEWAY came of French and Welsh stock, and was a
man of prominence, who died in 1907, leaving a widow, who still survives him.
They had fourteen children, ten sons and four daughters, of whom ten survive,
and Judge Petteway is the tenth son.
	Like so many of the really great men of the country, Judge Petteway was
reared amid the strictly rural surroundings of farm life, and early learned the
value and dignity of hard work and honest effort. He attended a private school,
and took the courses in both the graded and high schools, and subsequently
graduated from the University of North Carolina, in 1913. He acquired his legal
training in the legal department of Columbia University of New York City and
the University of Florida, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1915, opening
an office for the practice of law at Tampa. Judge Petteway formed a partnership
with A. B. McMULLEN, and the firm was fast acquiring a very valuable practice,
which was not confined to local cases, when the younger member entered the
service of his country during the World war, and remained in it from July,
1918, to December of that year, when he received his honorable discharge.
Returning to Tampa Judge Petteway resumed his practice, opening an office in
the Petteway Building in February, 1919. Possessed of a warm, sympathetic
nature, he has always understood and been able to appeal to children, and when
he was appointed as judge of the Juvenile Court those who knew and appreciated
his talents felt that a long step had been taken forward in providing for
better and happier children at Tampa. Judge Petteway endeavors to fit his
decisions to the child, rather than shape the individual to fit the strict
interpretation of the law. The unfortunates brought to him are soon taught to
feel that in him they have a kind friend, rather than a stern judge, and few of
the little ones fail to love the man who possesses such a wealth of goodness
and sympathy for their failings. Judge Petteway is doing a wonderful work, and
one in which he is receiving the support of all the better class of citizens.
He was recently renominated in the democratic primary, without opposition, to
succeed himself, being appointed as Juvenile Court Judge of Hillsborough County.
	On August 8, 1917, Judge Petteway married NAOMI HOCUTT, a daughter of
Rev. J. C. HOCUTT, now deceased, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Judge Petteway
is a democrat and a member of the Tampa Kiwanis Club. He is a past chancellor
commander of Bay Lodge Number 12, K. of P., which has become the largest lodge
of the order in Florida, this distinction having been attained while he was
presiding over the lodge. He is also a representative of Bay Lodge in the Grand
Lodge of Florida. Still a young man, Judge Petteway has traveled far on the
road which leads to distinction, but those who know him best feel that there
are other and greater honors in store for him in the future. Whatever these may
be they are certain that their responsibilities will be as ably discharged as
those he is now taking care of, and that he will never lose his sense of civic
duty and kindly humanity which have already gained for him so many warm
personal friends.


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