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 of First Community Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ending September 30, 2004, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Mark A. Gamble, the President and principal executive 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 the best of my
knowledge: 1) the Report 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 as of and for the periods covered in
the Report.

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.

/s/ Mark A. Gamble
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Mark A. Gamble
President of First Community Corporation and
         President and Chief Executive Officer of First
         Community Bank
(Principal Executive Officer of the Registrant)

November 10, 2004