**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: May
12, 2005
 
 /s/ K.
S. Adams, Jr.
 K. S.
Adams, Jr.
 Chief
Executive Officer