Exhibit 32.2


                            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 of Capital  Southwest  Corporation
(the  "Company")  on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Susan K. Hodgson,  Secretary-Treasurer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted  pursuant to ss. 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of
2002, that:

     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  consolidated   financial  condition  and  results  of
operations of the Company.



Date:  August 8, 2003                   By: /s/ Susan K. Hodgson
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                                           Susan K. Hodgson, Secretary-Treasurer