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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>  

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; article no longer accessible on-line}}</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 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>