Near 255 Cedar Green Road, Staunton, Virginia 24401; 38.14848 N, 79.12735 W

Rosalie Berine Johnson was born in Staunton, Virginia and graduated from Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute. Johnson taught at one of two Colored schools in Highland, Virginia and became a well-known Staunton caterer. Her husband, Paige Clark Smith, was an avid hunter and owned a business where he had two kennels to raise hunting dogs for rent.