EXHIBIT 32.2

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                          PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                         PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350


I, Lauri A. Wood, Chief Financial Officer and Controller of Peoples Financial
Corporation (the "Company"), hereby certify that the accompanying report on Form
10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2003 and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Report") by the Company fully complies
with the requirements of that section.

I further certify that the information contained in the Report fairly presents,
in all material aspects, the financial operations and results of operations of
the Company.



                                By:       /s/ Lauri A. Wood
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                                          Lauri A. Wood
                                          Chief Financial Officer and Controller

                                          August 8, 2003
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                                          Date