Benjamin Elberfield Atkins and Ruth Day Atkins

Is anyone familiar with this family?

Benjamin Elberfield Atkins
B. 8/21/1848 Athens TN
D. 2/25/1909 Russellville, KY
M. 10/14/1875 Cleveland, TN to

Ruth Jane Day
B. unknown
D. 1/20/1921 Gastonia, NC

Known Children
E.E. Atkins male born about 1878
Nancy (or Mary) born about 1883
Lillian Jackson Atkins born 6/30/1886 Asheville, NC married Frank Curtis Michael
Benjamin W. Atkins born about 1889

I have some pictures of my mother, Cassie Irene Whitlock Sawyer,and some other unidentified people taken in front of the tombstone of Benjamin and Ruth Atkins.I am interested in identifying the other individuals in the pictures and how my mother is associated with this family.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.