EXHIBIT 99.1


January 30, 2004

Traded: NASDAQ

Symbol: AMNB

Contact:  Brad E. Schwartz - (434) 773-2242
          Senior Vice President/ Chief Financial Officer



For Immediate Release


                 American National Bankshares Inc. TO PRESENT AT
                    SOUTHEAST SUPER-COMMUNITY BANK CONFERENCE

DANVILLE, Va., / PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Charles H. Majors, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Brad E. Schwartz, Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, of American National Bankshares, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMNB), will
be presenting at the Southeast Super-Community Bank Conference on Tuesday,
February 3, in Atlanta, Georgia. The presentation is scheduled for 10:55 a.m.
Eastern Time.  Interested investors may access the presentation through a
webcast at http://www.super-communitybanking.com/se/webcast.htm or through the
Bank's website under American National Bankshares Inc.  A replay of the
presentation will be available approximately two hours after the presentation
for up to 30 days after the event.

         American National Bankshares Inc. is the holding company of American
National Bank and Trust Company, a community bank with fourteen offices in
Danville, Chatham, Collinsville, Gretna, Martinsville, Henry County, and South
Boston, Virginia, and Yanceyville, North Carolina. Services are also provided
through eighteen ATMs, "AmeriLink" internet banking, and our 24-hour "Access
American" phone banking. Banking subsidiaries include ANB Mortgage Corp.
(secondary mortgage origination), ANB Investor Services (retail brokerage) and
ANB Insurance Services (full-service insurance agency). Additional information
is available on our website at www.amnb.com. The shares of American National
Bankshares Inc. are traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol
"AMNB".