POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of
Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (the  "Corporation") or The Ohio Valley Bank Company (the
"Bank") hereby  constitutes and appoints Jeffrey E. Smith or Scott W. Shockey as
the undersigned's true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and  resubstitution,  for the undersigned and in the name of the
undersigned,  place  and  stead,  in any  and all  capacities  to (i)  sign  the
Registration  Statement on Form S-1 for the registration of common shares of the
Corporation with respect to the Corporation's Dividend Reinvestment and Employee
Stock  Purchase  Plan  (the  "Plan")  to be  filed by the  Corporation  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission,  and any amendments thereto, and to file the
same, with all exhibits,  and other  documents in connection  therewith with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission;  and (ii) sign any amendment to Form S-3 or
other filing necessary with the Securities and Exchange  Commission to terminate
the  registration  on such  Form S-3 of  common  shares  of the  Corporation  in
connection with the Plan, and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits,  and other  documents in connection  therewith with the Securities
and Exchange  Commission;  granting  unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents or
substitutes  full power and  authority  to do and  perform  each and every thing
requisite and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all
intents and  purposes  as the  undersigned  might or could do in person,  hereby
ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said   attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of  Attorney  shall be valid until such time as it is revoked by
the undersigned in writing.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand as of
this 26th day of February, 2008.


/s/ Anna P. Barnitz                                   /s/ Brent A. Saunders
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Anna P. Barnitz                                       Brent A. Saunders


/s/ Steven B. Chapman                                 /s/ Roger D. Williams
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Steven B. Chapman                                     Roger D. Williams


/s/ Robert E. Daniel                                  /s/ Lannes C. Williamson
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Robert E. Daniel                                      Lannes C. Williamson


/s/ Robert H. Eastman                                 /s/ Thomas E. Wiseman
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Robert H. Eastman                                     Thomas E. Wiseman


/s/ Harold A. Howe                                    /s/ David W. Thomas
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Harold A. Howe                                        David W. Thomas