Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATE OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, David B. Turner, certify that:



|1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CCF Holding Company (the issuer);
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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;
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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 issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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|4. | The issuers other certifying officer(s) 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 issuer and have:
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(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 issuer, 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;

(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer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 issuers internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
issuers most recent fiscal quarter (the issuers fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuers internal control over financial
reporting; and



|5. | The issuers other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuers auditors
and the audit committee of the issuer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 issuer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 issuers internal control over financial reporting.

Dated this 14th day of November, 2008.



/s/ David B. TurnerDavid B. Turner, President and Chief Executive Officer