EXHIBIT 31.1



CERTIFICATIONS



I, Edward C. Ashby, III certify that:



1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Surrey Bancorp;



2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;



3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;



4. The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a 15(e) and 15d 15(e) [and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a 15(f) and 15d 15(f)] for the registrant
and have:



a) designed such disclosure
controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is
being prepared;



b) designed such internal
control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision  , to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;



c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and



d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and



5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the
registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):



a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrants ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and



b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrants internal controls; and



|Date: |  | August 13, 2003 |  |  |  | By: |  | /s/    EDWARD C. ASHBY, III                               
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|      |  |                 |  |  |  |     |  | Edward C. Ashby, III President and Chief Executive Officer



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