Exhibit 32.1

 

 

 

FIRST FARMERS AND MERCHANTS CORPORATION

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

            In connection with the quarterly report ofFirst Farmers and Merchants Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for thequarter ended March 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned certify, pursuantto 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1)   The Report fullycomplies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)   Information containedin the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financialcondition and results of operations of the Company.

 

| Date       May 5, 2011          | /s/T. Randy Stevens                                                                 |
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|                                                                         | T. Randy Stevens, Chief Executive Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| Date       May 5, 2011     | /s/Patricia P. Bearden                                                                             |
|                                                                         | Patricia P. Bearden, Treasurer(principal financial officer)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |