LNB Bancorp, Inc.

                         Exhibit to Form 10 - Q

             (For the nine months ended September 30, 2003)

                        Exhibit Number (32.(a))

                          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                           18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                           AS ENACTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of LNB Bancorp, Inc. (the
"Corporation") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Gary C. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted pursuant
to Section 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.




/s/ Gary C. Smith


Gary C. Smith
President and
Chief Executive Officer
November 14, 2003