| Spouse | Opal Cummings (1904 - 1985) |
| Child | Lynneol B. Adkins |
| Child | Janice Marcella Adkins (1925 - 2004) |
| Child | Russell Adkins (1926 - 1926) |
| Child | Wiser Fulton Adkins (1927 - 1996) |
| Child | Joann Adkins (1928 - 1934) |
| Child | Woodrow R. Adkins |
| Child | James Elliott Adkins Sr. |
| Child | Jack B. Adkins |
| Child | Patty Faye Adkins |
| Child | Betty Gaye Adkins |
| Child | Rosetta Adkins (1936 - 1938) |
| Child | Elza Bryant Adkins Jr. |
| Child | Francis Nadine "Dean" Adkins |
| Child | Mary Elenor Adkins |
| Child | Josh Lee Adkins (1941 - 1941) |
| Child | John Boyd "Johnny" Adkins |
| Child | Carolyn Sue Adkins |