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                                                                 EXHIBIT 31.1


                                CERTIFICATIONS*
                            PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

I, Phillip R. Carriger, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of PCB Bancorp,
Inc.;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual
report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual 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 annual
report;

4.       The small business issuer's other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15e) for the small business
issuer 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 small
         business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
         to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
         in which this annual report is being prepared;

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

5.       The small business issuer's other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, 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 functions):

         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 small business 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 small business
         issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


By: /s/ PHILLIP R. CARRIGER
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    Phillip R. Carriger
    CEO/Chairman

Date: March 31, 2004


* On March 31, 2004, PCB Bancorp, Inc. merged with and into FCBC Acquisition
Corp with PCB Bancorp, Inc. surviving the merger. Immediately thereafter, PCB
Bancorp, Inc. merged with and into First Community Bancshares, Inc. with First
Community Bancshares, Inc. surviving. As such, as of the date that this Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, PCB
Bancorp, Inc. has ceased to exist. In addition, and as a result of the mergers
described above, the executive officer signing this certification is not, as
of the date hereof, an executive officer of PCB Bancorp, Inc. Such individual
did, however, serve in the capacity indicated above on March 31, 2004, and as
such has signed this certificate, as of the indicated date in such capacity.