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Tarpley was married to the former Margaret Perry from c. 1981 until her death at the age of forty-seven on August 1, 2008. She was a native of Alexandria,  [[Virginia]], who was reared in Houma in Terrebonne Parish and graduated with honors from LSU in 1982. From 1993 to 2001, Mrs. Tarpley was a reporter and weekend on-camera weather broadcaster for KLAX-TV, the [[ABC]] affiliate in Alexandria,  which covers Central Louisiana. She also taught in numerous public and private schools in Rapides Parish, including Holy Savior Menard Central High School, Pineville High School] and the Alpine Christian School, of which she was later chairman of the school board. She was active in the [[pro-life]] movement and co-founded the Cenla Crisis Pregnancy Center Hotline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=252761&fh_id=10175|title=Margaret Perry Tarpley (September 1, 1960 - August 1, 2008)|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>Tarpley's sister-in-law, Regina Salvador Tarpley (1957-2008), the wife of his brother Michael, died some ten weeks prior to the passing of Margaret Tarpley. Eddie Tarpley, Sr., Margaret, and Regina are all interred in the family plot at the Friendship [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Cemetery in Fishville in Grant Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=228427&fh_id=10175|title=Regina Salvador Tarpley (1957-2008)|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=April 16, 2014}}</ref>

Tarpley was married to the former Margaret Perry from c. 1981 until her death at the age of forty-seven on August 1, 2008. She was a native of Alexandria,  [[Virginia]], who was reared in Houma in Terrebonne Parish and graduated with honors from LSU in 1982. From 1993 to 2001, Mrs. Tarpley was a reporter and weekend on-camera weather broadcaster for KLAX-TV, the [[ABC]] affiliate in Alexandria,  which covers Central Louisiana. She also taught in numerous public and private schools in Rapides Parish, including Holy Savior Menard Central High School, Pineville High School] and the Alpine Christian School, of which she was later chairman of the school board. She was active in the [[pro-life]] movement and co-founded the Cenla Crisis Pregnancy Center Hotline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=252761&fh_id=10175|title=Margaret Perry Tarpley (September 1, 1960 - August 1, 2008)|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>Tarpley's sister-in-law, Regina Salvador Tarpley (1957-2008), the wife of his brother Michael, died some ten weeks prior to the passing of Margaret Tarpley. Eddie Tarpley, Sr., Margaret, and Regina are all interred in the family plot at the Friendship [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Cemetery in Fishville in Grant Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=228427&fh_id=10175|title=Regina Salvador Tarpley (1957-2008)|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=April 16, 2014}}</ref>

In November 2010, Tarpley married the former Leonore Audrey Marchand (born c. 1956), a [[New Orleans]] native and a nurse from Pineville in a ceremony at the Grace [[Presbyterian]] Church in  Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20101114/LIFESTYLE/101112023/Rapides-Parish-Marriage-Licenses-Nov-5-10-2010|title=Rapides Parish Marriage Licenses: November 5-10, 2010|publisher=''Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20101205/LIFESTYLE1004/101203019/Tarpley-Marchand|title=Tarpley-Marchand|publisher=''Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>He sued for divorce some eight months later in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110616/BUSINESS/106160313/Rapides-Parish-Civil-Lawsuits|title=Rapides Parish Civil Lawsuits|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>  

In November 2010, Tarpley married the former Leonore Audrey Marchand (born c. 1956), a [[New Orleans]] native and a nurse from Pineville in a ceremony at the Grace [[Presbyterian]] Church in  Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20101114/LIFESTYLE/101112023/Rapides-Parish-Marriage-Licenses-Nov-5-10-2010|title=Rapides Parish Marriage Licenses: November 5-10, 2010|publisher=''Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20101205/LIFESTYLE1004/101203019/Tarpley-Marchand|title=Tarpley-Marchand|publisher=''Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>He sued for divorce some eight months later in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110616/BUSINESS/106160313/Rapides-Parish-Civil-Lawsuits|title=Rapides Parish Civil Lawsuits|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>

Tarpley was formerly affiliated with the Neblett, Beard & Arsenault law firm but since stablished his own practice at 819 Johnston Street in Alexandria. He is a former director of the Attakapas Council of the [[Boy Scouts]]. He served from 2001 to 2007 as an appointed trustees of [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in Pineville, the alma mater of his father. He is a member of Kingsville Baptist Church in Ball, also north of Pineville. His four children are Nathan Edward Tarpley (born c. 1985), Maria Margaret Tarpley Calloway (born c. 1987) and husband, Shaun, of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], Megan Tarpley, and Mary Elisabeth Tarpley.<ref name=polbio/>

Tarpley was formerly affiliated with the Neblett, Beard & Arsenault law firm but since stablished his own practice at 819 Johnston Street in Alexandria. He is a former director of the Attakapas Council of the [[Boy Scouts]]. He served from 2001 to 2007 as an appointed trustees of [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in Pineville, the alma mater of his father. He is a member of Kingsville Baptist Church in Ball, also north of Pineville. His four children are Nathan Edward Tarpley (born c. 1985), Maria Margaret Tarpley Calloway (born c. 1987) and husband, Shaun, of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], Megan Tarpley, and Mary Elisabeth Tarpley.<ref name=polbio/>