Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned certifies that (1) this Quarterly Report of RFS Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (this “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (2) the information contained in this Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Operating Partnership as of September 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002 and its results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003.

Date: November 14, 2003	/s/ Thomas J. Hutchison, III
	Name: Thomas J. Hutchison, III
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer   (Principal Executive Officer)

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