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, 2006, 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, 2006, 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,
2006, 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)