EXHIBIT 31.1

                                CERTIFICATION

I, Stephen H. Cheney, certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Thomasville Bancshares,
Inc.;

2.  Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;

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;

4.  I am 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 I 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 me by others within those
    entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
    prepared;

    b) [paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986]

    c)  evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
    procedures and presented in this report my 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

    d)  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.  I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal controls
over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee
of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
function):

    a)  all significant deficiencies 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 control
    over financial reporting.

Date: March 25, 2004                     By:  /s/ Stephen H. Cheney
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                                              Stephen H. Cheney
                                              President and Chief Executive
                                              Officer
                                              (principal executive, financial
                                               and accounting officer)