Exhibit 32.2
                            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 March 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I, A.  Christine
Baker,  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, 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,  as
                  amended; 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/ A. Christine Baker
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A. Christine Baker
Chief Financial Officer
May 10 , 2006


This Certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section1350,  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 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 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.