JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 7.01

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

     In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of the Schedule 13D to which this Agreement is an exhibit (and any further amendment thereto or restatement thereof filed by them) with respect to the shares of Common Stock of Ablest Inc.

     This Joint Filing Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Dated: April 16, 2007	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, III
	XXXXXXX X. XXXXX, III, Individually,
	as Co-Trustee of C. H. Heist Intervivos Trust, and as Co-Trustee of the Grandchildren Trusts
Dated: April 16, 2007	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
	XXXXX X. XXXXX
Dated: April 16, 2007	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
	XXXX X. XXXXX
Dated: April 16, 2007	/s/ Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxx
	XXXXX XXX XXXXX, Individually and
	as Co-Trustee of the Grandchildren Trusts
Dated: April 16, 2007	/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
	XXXXXXXX XXXX, Individually and
	as Co-Trustee of the Grandchildren Trusts
Dated: April 16, 2007	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	XXXXXXX X. XXXXX, Individually and
	as Co-Trustee of C. H. Heist Intervivos Trust
Dated: April 16, 2007	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
	XXXXX X. XXXXX