Exhibit 31.1

                    Certification by Chief Executive Officer
    pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
        adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Ayden R. Lee, Jr., certify that:

         1.       I have  reviewed  this  annual  report  on Form  10-K  of Four
                  Oaks Fincorp, 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   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))  and internal  control over financial
                  reporting  (as defined in  Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(f)  and
                  15d-15(f)) for the registrant and 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  report
                           is being prepared;

                  (b)      Designed   such  internal   control  over   financial
                           reporting,  or  caused  such  internal  control  over
                           financial   reporting   to  be  designed   under  our
                           supervision,    to   provide   reasonable   assurance
                           regarding the reliability of financial  reporting and
                           the preparation of financial  statements for external
                           purposes  in  accordance   with  generally   accepted
                           accounting principles;

                  (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
                           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.       The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer(s) 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  controls  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 12, 2008


                                            By:          /s/ Ayden R. Lee, Jr.
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                                                         Ayden R. Lee, Jr.
                                                         Chairman, President and
                                                         Chief Executive Officer

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