Exhibit 99.1



               Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
       Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Glen F. Post, III, state and attest that:

     (1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
          reports of CenturyTel, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented
          in a subsequent covered report:

          o     no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
                fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
                the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
                as of the date on which it was filed); and

          o     no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
                make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
                circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
                the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of
                a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
                date on which it was filed).

     (2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
          audit committee.

     (3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
          before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

         o      the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
                December 31, 2001 of CenturyTel, Inc.;

         o      all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
                definitive proxy materials of CenturyTel, Inc. filed with the
                Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
                identified above; and

         o      any amendments to any of the foregoing.




                                    /s/ Glen F. Post, III
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                                        Glen F. Post, III
August 14, 2002


     Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of August, 2002.


                                    /s/ Kathy Tettleton
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                                        Kathy Tettleton
                                        Notary Public
                                        My Commission Expires: At death