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EXHIBIT 31.1


                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Patrick M. Frawley, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Community
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.       The registrant's other certifying officers 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)       [intentionally left blank]

         c)       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 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.       The registrant's other certifying officers 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 registrant's board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

         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.


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                                        By:/s/ Patrick M. Frawley
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                                           PATRICK M. FRAWLEY
                                           CHAIRMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                           AND PRESIDENT


August 14, 2003


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