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| 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)) and internal      control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchenage Act rules      13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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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| (d)   | evaluated      the effectiveness of the registrant’s internal control over financial      reporting and presented in this report our conclusions about the      effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting, as of the      end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;      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      17, 2009 | By:    | /s/      Gregg E. Hunter     |
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|                                 |   | Chief      Executive Officer |

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