Exhibit 32.2

                             Chief Financial Officer
                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 Bancorp (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period  ending March 31, 2005 as filed with the  Securities
and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I, Eric P. Credle,
Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350,  as adopted  pursuant  to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
that, to my knowledge:

      (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/ Eric P. Credle
Eric P. Credle
Chief Financial Officer
May 9, 2005

A signed  original of this written  statement  required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the  electronic  version of this written  statement
required by Section 906 has been  provided to First Bancorp and will be retained
by First Bancorp and furnished to the Securities and Exchange  Commission or its
staff upon request.


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