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Blanche Taylor Moore, The Oldest Woman on Death Row (Part 1)
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Marriage, Kroger, and Blanche's Rising Ambition
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After James serves in the Korean War and returns to Burlington, he and Blanche marry on May 29, 1952, and have their first daughter in 1953. The family's modest income prompts Blanche to take a job at Kroger, where she immediately dazzles male customers — author Jim Schutz writes that men literally lined up at her register just to be near her, attracted by her 'busy little chittering bird voice.' But coworkers are less charmed: they clock her obvious office politics and suspect her of floating between registers to obscure small thefts. Despite the whispers, by 1959 Blanche achieves her target of head cashier — front-end supervisor — just as the couple welcomes a second daughter. Her ascent at work stands in sharp contrast to the unraveling at home.
Blanche was suspected of systematically embezzling small sums from Kroger by floating between different cashiers' registers rather than staying assigned to her own.
