**Exhibit 32**

 

Section 1350Certifications.

 

 

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| **Exhibit  32**                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| **CERTIFICATION  PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,**                                                                                                                                                               |
| **AS ADOPTED  PURSUANT TO**                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **SECTION 906 OF  THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| The  undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Southern  First Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), each certify that, to his knowledge  on the date of this certification: |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1. | The  quarterly report of the Company for the period ended March 31, 2009 as filed  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on this date (the “Report”) fully  complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934; and |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2. | The  information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material  respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   | /s/  R. Arthur Seaver, Jr.                      |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   | R. Arthur Seaver, Jr. |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   | Chief Executive Officer |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   | Date:  May 7, 2009 |   |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   | /s/  James M. Austin, III                     |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   | James M. Austin, III |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   | Chief Financial Officer |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   | Date:  May 7, 2009 |   |
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