POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Anthony Gaeta, Jr., Stuart
M. Rigot, Todd H. Eveson, and Jonathan A. Greene, and each
of them acting alone, signing singly, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a 10% or more shareholder of ECB
Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4, 5 and
Update Passphrase Acknowledgement (and any amendments
thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act"), and the rules promulgated thereunder, and any prior
actions taken with respect thereto are hereby ratified and
confirmed;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form ID, 3, 4, 5 and Update Passphrase
Acknowledgement (and any amendments thereto) and to file
timely such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority, and any prior actions taken with respect thereto
are hereby ratified and confirmed; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming (1)any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the 1934 Act, (2) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (3) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of March
2013.

ESTATE OF ANNA MAE H. GIBBS
By:  /s/ Gregory C. Gibbs
Name:  Gregory C. Gibbs
Title:  Co-Executor