National Commerce Financial (NCF) 10-Q 2003 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 99.2

Certification of Periodic Report

In connection with the Quarterly Report of National Commerce Financial Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Sheldon M. Fox, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, 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) or 15(d) 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: May 14, 2003	By:	/s/    SHELDON M. FOX
		Sheldon M. Fox Chief Financial Officer