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Natural-born helper credits Corinth for his success in life By Lucy Weber Tyrone Dilworth has made a career of helping others. It’s in his DNA. He comes from a family known for their big hearts and caring nature. His grandparents James and Geneva Spears were well-known in Corinth for their good works throughout the community, providing meals and other necessities to those in need. His mother Elvira Dilworth Irons would offer a meal or a bed to kids and others in their Chicago neighborhood when they needed a safe space. Dilworth today works in Tacoma, Washington, with Catholic Community Services supervising the housing program that serves the homeless. “I work with the homeless, people in all aspects of life.” “This was all instilled in me by my mother.” Before his current work, Dilworth, a 1988 graduate of Corinth High School, volunteered in the community through his fraternity at the University of North Alabama. Then, in the Marine Corps, Dilworth volunteered in community programs for children, coaching youth football and more. After that, while adding a degree in social worth at Truman College in Chicago, Dilworth helped start a successful program called Youth, Guns, Violence and Drugs, helping at-risk youth. Working in his old neighborhood in Chicago, Dilworth would talk to gang leaders about letting younger members out of the gangs and then finding them jobs. Dilworth just completed a master’s degree in clinical mental health therapy and clinical rehabilitation counseling. “I made a promise to my mama years ago to finish my master’s,” he said. Although his mother passed on four years ago, he kept that promise. He plans to open his own counseling clinic to offer
help to all in need. Dilworth said he plans to get certified also in anger management and crisis intervention mediation. “These degrees and enhancements, along with grief counseling, will help me reach more in the community. At the end of each day, I will help change alternative behaviors. My motto is “Let’s talk about it.” For Dilworth, learning is a life-long
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process. “I’m either going to die going to class or coming from class. I dabble in a little bit of everything.” Growing up in Chicago with a single mom and one brother, Dilworth said as soon as school ended for the summer he would immediately come to Corinth to stay with his grandparents. At age 12, he moved to Corinth. “If I’m successful, it’s because of Corinth,” he said. “That city made me what I am. I thank God for those five formative years there. I carry everything my football coaches and pastors taught me there.” Football played an important role in his Corinth school years. “My senior year was the first year that we made it to the playoffs at state. I learned a lot from football.” Dilworth said he initially went to Tacoma to visit his cousin, Luther Dilworth who had been a member of Corinth’s state championship basketball team. “I came to visit for three days and I ended up staying.” After working with those in need for so long, Dilworth, married for 20 years with children and grandchildren, added he is always looking for ways he can help individuals with their issues. “I assess everybody. Even if they don’t mention a problem, I can tell. One thing I respect is that everyone has the right to selfdetermination. It’s all about the person. “Everyone needs hope,” he said.