EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



We  consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement  (Form  S-8  No.  33-10581)  pertaining  to   the   FFE
Transportation Services, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership Plan  and
in  the related Prospectus, the Registration Statement (Form  S-8
No.  33-11150)  pertaining  to the Conwell  Corporation  Employee
Stock  Ownership Plan and in the related Prospectus, and  in  the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-87915) pertaining to the
Frozen  Food Express Industries, Inc 401(k) Savings Plan, and  in
the  related Prospectus of our reports dated June 28, 1999,  with
respect   to  the  financial  statements  of  FFE  Transportation
Services,   Inc.,   Employee  Stock   Ownership   Plan,   Conwell
Corporation  Employee  Stock  Ownership  Plan,  and  Frozen  Food
Express  Industries, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan, all of  which  are
included in this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of  Frozen  Food  Express Industries, Inc., for  the  year  ended
December 31, 1999.



/s/ Waters, Wright & Associates, RLLP
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Mansfield, Texas
July 12, 2000