Albertville , Alabama high school junior Joy Webb , 17 , took her grandfather James Drain , 80 , as her date to prom last Saturday . The teen says she asked her grandfather to be her date because he never got to attend his own prom . According to the Tuscaloosa News, a friend of hers said that when they were in middle school, their parents had arranged for them to go on dates with each other and then get married.
Albertville , Alabama high school junior Joy Webb , 17 , took her grandfather James Drain , 80 , as her date to prom last Saturday . The teen says she asked her grandfather to be her date because he never got to attend his own prom . Drain was 17 when he enlisted in the Navy to serve in the Korean War , so missed his own high school dance .