**EXHIBIT      31.1**

**Certification      Pursuant to Section 302 of the**

**Sarbanes-Oxley      Act of 2002**

| 1.   | I                have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Tennessee Valley                Financial Holdings, Inc.; |
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| 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; and |
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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                small                business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this                 report. |
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| 4.   | The                small business issuer'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 small                business issuer and we have: |
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| 5.   | The                small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,                based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial                reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit                committee                of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing                the equivalent function): |
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| Date:                 March 27, 2006 |   | /s/                Thomas E. Tuck                         |
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|                                      |   | Thomas                E. Tuck                             |
|                                      |   | President and                Chief Executive Officer |