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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. § 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best knowledge of the undersigned:

(1)	The Report fully 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.

Dated: March 24, 2006	/s/ Tony W. Wolfe
	Tony W. Wolfe
	Chief Executive Officer
Dated: March 24, 2006	/s/ A. Joseph Lampron
	A. Joseph Lampron
	Chief Financial Officer