Exhibit 32(ii)

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                         PURSUANT TO U.S.C. SECTION 1350

    In connection with the Form 10-K of National Bankshares, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 2004, I, J. Robert Buchanan, Treasurer of National
Bankshares, Inc., hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my
knowledge and belief that:

(1)      such Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, fully complies
         with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securties Act of
         1934; and

(2)      the information contained in such Form 10-K for the year ended
         December 31, 2004, fairly presents in all material respects, the
         financial condition and results of operations of National Bankshares,
         Inc.




 /s/ J. ROBERT BUCHANAN
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J. Robert Buchanan
Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)