Alabama grandfather, 80, goes to prom for first time
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. -- An 80-year-old grandfather in northern Alabama has experienced his first high school prom after going as his granddaughter's date.
CBS affiliate WIAT-TV reports that James "Poppa" Drain of Albertville said that his granddaughter, Joy Webb, asked him to be her date for Saturday.
The prom was the first for Webb and Drain, who never had the chance to attend while he was young.
Webb wanted to share the event with her grandfather, who has been in her life since she was born.
"My family is everything to me, and I like love him so much, and it's just like really special to me because I know not many people get to do that," Webb told WIAT. "I know he loves me and I love him, and it's just really, really neat and special."
For Drain, it was also his first time wearing a tuxedo.