First Community Bankshares (FCBC) 10-Q 2008 Q3 Quarterly 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 Quarterly Report of First Community Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned hereby certify, to the officers’ best knowledge and belief, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:

     (a) the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

     (b) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated this 10^th day of November, 2008.

First Community Bancshares, Inc.
 

/s/ John M. Mendez  

John M. Mendez 

Chief Executive Officer 

/s/ David D. Brown  

David D. Brown 

Chief Financial Officer 

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