Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

The undersigned certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1.) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016 (“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.

Date: November 10, 2016	/s/ Robert T. Braswell
	Robert T. Braswell
	President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: November 10, 2016	/s/ T. Allen Liles
	T. Allen Liles
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer