**EXHIBIT      31.1**
**Section      302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer**

| 1)   | I                have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Commercial National                Financial Corporation; |
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| 2)   | Based                on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement                of                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                report; |
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| 3)   | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this 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                report; |
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| 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: |
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| (a)   | designed                such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                controls or 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 report is                being                prepared; |
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| (b)   | evaluated                the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures                and presented in this quarterly 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 |
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| (c)   | 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 (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; and |
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| 5)   | The                registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our                most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and to the audit                committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing                the equivalent functions): |
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| (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 |
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| (b)   | any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control                over financial information. |
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| Date:                March 30, 2006 | By:    | /s/                Gregg E. Hunter     |
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|                                |   | Gregg                E. Hunter         |
|                                |   | Chief                Executive Officer |