"He was emotional and just in awe," bride Alexis Cowan tells PEOPLE of her grandfather's reaction to her surprise Ashlyn Robinette is a Weddings Writer at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2024, and ...

A bride's centenarian grandfather made her wedding day extra special. Amanda Wirtz, now 28, tied the knot on Aug. 31, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C., when she was 27 years old. Among the 180 wedding guests ...

The pair also shared a sweet father-daughter dance at the reception "We both had tears in our eyes and I knew this was a big moment for him even if he didn’t say it," Wirtz tells PEOPLE about Gordon, ...