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**EXHIBIT        31.2**

**CERTIFICATION**

| 1. | I                  have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SouthCrest                  Financial                  Group, 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; |
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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                  registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this                  report; |
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| 4. | The                  registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for                  establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures                  (as                  defined in Exchange Act Rules 13(a)-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e)) for                  the                  registrant 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 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; |
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|   | b) |  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; |
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|   | c) |  Disclosed                  in the                  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 |
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| 5. | The                  registrant’s other certifying officer 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): |
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|   | 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 |
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|   | 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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| Date:                  August 14, 2007 |    | By:    |   | /s/                  Douglas J. Hertha                                               |   |
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|                                   |    |   |   | Douglas                  J. HerthaChief                  Financial Officer** ** |   |

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