FLINT RIVER BANCSHARES, INC.
           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
                  FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1
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I, Gerald E. Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

1.   I  have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on  Form  10-QSB of Flint River
     Bancshares,  Inc.;
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, if any, 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 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
5.   The  registrant's  other  certifying officer, if any, 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 the
     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  over  financial  reporting.


Date:    November 9, 2004

/s/  Gerald E. Lewis
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Gerald E. Lewis
Chief Executive Officer


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