**Exhibit
        31.1**
 
 **ADAMS
        RESOURCES & ENERGY, INC.**
 **CERTIFICATION
        PURSUANT TO**
 **17
        CFR 240.13a-15(e)**
 **[17
        CFR 240.15d-15(e)],**
 **AS
        ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**
 **SECTION
        302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**
 
 I,
        K. S.
        Adams, Jr. certify that:
 
 1.  I
            have
            reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Adams Resources & Energy,
            Inc. (the “registrant”);
 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)), for the registrant and we have:
 
 (a)
        designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
        controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, 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)
        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
 
 (c)
        disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
        financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f),
        that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the
        registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
        materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
        registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 5.  The
        registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
        recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, 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 and material weaknesses in the design or operation
        of
        internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
        adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and
        report financial information; 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.
 
 Date:
        August 11, 2006
 
 /s/
        K.
        S. Adams, Jr.
 K.
        S.
        Adams, Jr.
 Chief
        Executive Officer