When William Clifford Adkins was born on 27 January 1912, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States, his father, George Willard Adkins, was 25 and his mother, Lelya Mae Corns, was 22. He married Naomi Thompson on 2 June 1933, in Davin, Logan, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Logan, West Virginia, United States in 1935 and Triadelphia Magisterial District, Logan, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died in June 1973, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Pecks Mill, Logan, West Virginia, United States.