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==Background==
==Background==
Tarpley is a grandson of the late Jesse and Irene Brister Tarpley of Pollock, a community in Grant Parish along U.S. Route 165 north of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in adjoining Rapides Parish. He is the oldest of three children of the former Shirley Dean Lonidier (born c. 1936) and Eddie Tarpley, Sr. (1926-2007), a [[United States Navy]] veteran of the [[Battle of Okinawa]] in [[World War II]] and a social worker for thirty years for the Louisiana Department of Public Welfare and the Louisiana Department of Hospitals. The Tarpley siblings are Michael Lynn Tarpley, a military officer from Pollock, and Lisa Tarpley Price of Winnfield, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=171141&fh_id=10175|title=Eddie Lacy Tarpley, Sr.|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>
Tarpley is a grandson of the late Jesse and Irene Brister Tarpley of Pollock, a community in Grant Parish along U.S. Route 165 north of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in adjoining Rapides Parish. He is the oldest of three children of the former Shirley Dean Lonidier (born c. 1936) and Eddie Tarpley, Sr. (1926-2007), a [[United States Navy]] veteran of the [[Battle of Okinawa]] in [[World War II]] and a social worker for thirty years for the Louisiana Department of Public Welfare and the Louisiana Department of Hospitals. The Tarpley siblings are Michael Lynn Tarpley, a military officer from Pollock, and Lisa Tarpley Price of Winnfield, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=171141&fh_id=10175|title=Eddie Lacy Tarpley, Sr.|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=June 25, 2020}}</ref>
Like his father, Tarpley was reared in Pollock. As a youth, he was an [[Eagle Scout]]. He graduated in 1971 from Tioga High School in the Tioga community in Ward 10 north of Pineville. In 1976, he received his undergraduate degree in [[History]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In 1979, he graduated from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and was thereafter admitted to the practice of law.<ref name=polbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.knoe.com/story/25228460/tarpley-announces-intention-to-run-for-5th-district-seat|title=Tarpley announces intention to run for 5th District seat|publisher=KNOE-TV ([[CBS]] in Monroe)|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>
Like his father, Tarpley was reared in Pollock. As a youth, he was an [[Eagle Scout]]. He graduated in 1971 from Tioga High School in the Tioga community in Ward 10 north of Pineville. In 1976, he received his undergraduate degree in [[History]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In 1979, he graduated from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and was thereafter admitted to the practice of law.<ref name=polbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.knoe.com/story/25228460/tarpley-announces-intention-to-run-for-5th-district-seat|title=Tarpley announces intention to run for 5th District seat|publisher=KNOE-TV ([[CBS]] in Monroe)|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>