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" Amir Tarak Smith was born on October 15, 1965 in Lynchburg, VA. to Standaly H. Smith and Gloria Camm Smith.

Amir, along with his brother Tony, had an adventurous childhood growing up in Lynchburg, VA and East Elmhurst, NY, enjoying many family vacations to places such as California, Florida and New York's Sag Harbor.

Amir's young adulthood was forever altered when a freak incident at the age of 17 left him forever paralyzed from the chest down.

After a lengthy stint at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville, VA, Amir returned to Lynchburg where he would be cared for for forty years by his devoted mother, brother and sister-in-law, nieces and nephews, close family friends and most recently his second family at Forest Health & Rehab.

Amir, never one to complain, spent his adult life finding ways to impact his family and those around him, becoming a human library, always at the ready to offer advice on music, health, diet, fine art, architecture and technology.

In his latter years Amir affected and enriched so many lives...without even getting out of bed.

On February 22, 2024, following a valiant battle to combat respiratory issues, Amir passed away at Lynchburg General Hospital, with a signature wink and smile, surrounded by his family.

For 40 years he could not walk...now he can fly.

Amir leaves to cherish his memory his devoted brother Tony Camm, loving sister-in-law Jacqui Camm, devoted nieces and nephews Anthony Andrews, Rhia Camm, Camille Camm and Rocqui Camm, great niece and nephew Alaya and Sean Andrews, uncle Dawson Smith, aunt Shirley Smith, first cousin Kammal Smith, and a host of other relatives and friends. "