When Sarah Luemma Addington was born on 30 June 1882, in Wise, Wise, Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Addington, was 35 and her mother, Mary Jane Perkey, was 33. She married William David Adkins on 13 January 1898, in Wise, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1882 and Wise, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 17 June 1968, in Norton, Wise, Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wise, Virginia, United States.