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 2003


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Community Banks, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period  ending March 31, 2003 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 2003, 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.

A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided to Community  Banks,  Inc.,  and will be retained by  Community  Banks,
Inc., and furnished to the Securities and Exchange  Commission or its staff upon
request.


/s/  Eddie L. Dunklebarger
- --------------------------
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and President
May 15, 2003