Sun Bancorp (SNBC) 10-K 2011 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Report”) of Sun Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, we, Thomas X. Geisel, President and Chief Executive Officer and Robert B. Crowl, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) 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.

Date: March 14, 2012

/s/ Thomas X. Geisel	/s/ Robert B. Crowl
Thomas X. Geisel	Robert B. Crowl
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)