Exhibit 99.1


                              COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of Community Banks, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the period ending  December 31, 2002 as filed with the  Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on the  date  hereof  (the  "Report"),  I,  Eddie  L.
Dunklebarger,  Chief Executive Officer,  Chairman, and President of the Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
               or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
               material respects, the financial condition and results of
               operations of the Company.



/s/  Eddie L. Dunklebarger
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Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and President
March 28, 2003