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|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|spouse=Virginia Lee Marler Lutes (married 1960-2006, his death)
|spouse=Virginia Lee Marler Lutes (married 1960-2006, his death)
|children=Julianne Lutes Despino<br>
Billy Lutes, II
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|office=District Attorney for Grant Parish
|office=District Attorney for Grant Parish
|office2=Judge of the 35th Judicial District (Grant Parish)
|office2=Judge of the 35th Judicial District (Grant Parish)
|term_start2=January 1, 1981
|term_start2=January 1, 1981
|term_end2=March 1994
|term_end2=March 1, 1994
|preceded2=Wilbur Teal "Brandy" McCain
|preceded2=Wilbur Teal "Brandy" McCain
|succeeded2=
|succeeded2=
A son of Paul E. Lutes, Sr., (1908-1984) and the former Clara Sheets (1905-1997), he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and served in an engineering battalion in the [[Korean War]]. Thereafter, he attended the [[Baptist]]-affiliated Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] and then earned law degrees from both Loyola University in [[New Orleans]] and the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford. In addition to his Colfax law practice, he owned and operated Lutesville Sand and Gravel Company, which makes asphalt and ready-mix concrete for the construction industry.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lutes&GSfn=Billy&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=23593336&df=all&|title=Billy Gene Lutes|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 14, 2017}}</ref>
A son of Paul E. Lutes, Sr., (1908-1984) and the former Clara Sheets (1905-1997), he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and served in an engineering battalion in the [[Korean War]]. Thereafter, he attended the [[Baptist]]-affiliated Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] and then earned law degrees from both Loyola University in [[New Orleans]] and the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford. In addition to his Colfax law practice, he owned and operated Lutesville Sand and Gravel Company, which makes asphalt and ready-mix concrete for the construction industry.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lutes&GSfn=Billy&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=23593336&df=all&|title=Billy Gene Lutes|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 14, 2017}}</ref>
Lutes was elected district attorney in 1972 and served until his resignation on November 15, 1980. He was succeeded by his law partner, Joe Beck, II. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Lutes was elected in 1980 a judge of the district court, a post from which he retired in early 1994. He served on the boards of the Alexandria Country Day School in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, and of the Kisatchie Delta Law Enforcement agency. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and a Shriner. He was an [[Eagle Scout]] and past den leader of the Attakapas Council of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] at Alexandria Country Day School. He was a board member of St. Philip's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal Church]] in Boyce in northwestern Rapides Parish.<ref name=obit/>
Lutes was elected district attorney in 1972 and served until his resignation on November 15, 1980. He was succeeded by his law partner, Joe Beck, II. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Lutes was elected in 1980 a judge of the district court, a post from which he retired in early 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/218065675/|title=District Judge B. G. Lutes resigns|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|date=March 5, 1994|accessdate=September 15, 2017}}</ref>
Lutes sat on the boards of the Alexandria Country Day School in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, and of the Kisatchie Delta Law Enforcement agency. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and a Shriner. He was an [[Eagle Scout]] and past den leader of the Attakapas Council of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] at Alexandria Country Day School. He was a board member of St. Philip's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal Church]] in Boyce in northwestern Rapides Parish.<ref name=obit/>
In 1960, Lutes married the former Virginia Lee Marler (1935-2017), daughter of James Everett Marler, I (died 1979), and the former Wilma Bunch (1906-1995). The Luteses had two children, both of Colfax, Julianne Despino (born March 14, 1962) and husband Randall Holden Despino (born March 8, 1961), and Billy Lutes, II (born March 31, 1964), and wife Cheryl Denise Lutes (born October 25, 1966). The Luteses and Marlers are interred at Colfax Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=virginia-lee-marler-lutes&pid=186639369|title=Virginia Lee Marler Lutes|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=September 14, 2017}}</ref>
In 1960, Lutes married the former Virginia Lee Marler (1935-2017), daughter of James Everett Marler, I (died 1979), and the former Wilma Bunch (1906-1995). The Luteses had two children, both of Colfax, Julianne Despino (born March 14, 1962) and husband Randall Holden Despino (born March 8, 1961), and Billy Lutes, II (born March 31, 1964), and wife Cheryl Denise Lutes (born October 25, 1966). The Luteses and Marlers are interred at Colfax Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=virginia-lee-marler-lutes&pid=186639369|title=Virginia Lee Marler Lutes|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=September 14, 2017}}</ref>