Exhibit 32.1


                    STATEMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND
             CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350

         In connection  with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2004 (the "Form 10-K") of Grayson Bankshares, Inc. (the "Company"),
we, Jacky K.  Anderson,  Chief  Executive  Officer of the Company,  and Blake M.
Edwards,  Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  hereby certify pursuant to 18
U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that, to our knowledge:

          (a)  the Form 10-K fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section
          13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

          (b)  the information  contained in the Form 10-K fairly  presents,  in
          all  material  respects,   the  financial  condition  and  results  of
          operations  of the Company as of and for the periods  presented in the
          Form 10-K.



         By:      /s/ Jacky K. Anderson                     Date: March 30, 2005
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                  Jacky K. Anderson
                  Chief Executive Officer



         By:      /s/ Blake M. Edwards                      Date: March 30, 2005
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                  Blake M. Edwards