Exhibit 32.1


                            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 on Form 10-Q of Capital Bank Corporation
(the  "Company")  for the  period  ended  September  30,  2005 as filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I, B.
Grant Yarber,  President and Chief  Executive  Officer of the Company,  certify,
pursuant  to 18  U.S.C.  ss.  1350,  as  adopted  pursuant  to  ss.  906  of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge 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/ B. Grant Yarber
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B. Grant Yarber
President and Chief Executive Officer
November 4, 2005


This Certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to
18 U.S.C.  ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 and shall not be deemed  "filed" by the Company for  purposes of Section
18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  as  amended,  and  shall  not be
incorporated  by reference  into any filing of the Company under the  Securities
Act of 1933,  as amended,  or the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
whether  made  before  or after  the date of this  Report,  irrespective  of any
general incorporation language contained in such filing.

A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.



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