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                                                                      Exhibit 31
                    SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS

                  I, George B. Lemmon, Jr., certify that:

                  1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of Owosso
Corporation;

                  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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

                  4. I am 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 have:

                  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

                  b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report my 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 registrant's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
and

                  5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation
internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and
audit committee of registrant's board of directors:

                  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 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: February 26, 2004
                                            /s/ George B. Lemmon, Jr.
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                                            George B. Lemmon, Jr.
                                            President, Chief Executive Officer
                                            (principal executive officer,
                                            principal financial officer and
                                            principal accounting officer) and
                                            Chairman