Nettie Weinberg was born in 1877 to merchant Aaron Weinberg (1841-1919) and Rosa Levi Weinberg (1855-1923) of Manning, South Carolina. In 1907, she married prominent Clarendon County physician, Dr. Charles B. Geiger (1867-1929). For most of her adult life, Nettie worked as a homemaker. Around 1940, however, she worked as a florist from her home in Manning.