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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 &ndash; August 1, 2008)|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=June 25, 2020}}</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 &ndash; August 1, 2008)|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=June 25, 2020}}</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'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=June 25, 2020}}</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>