Exhibit 99.2

                             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 Shoe Carnival,  Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period ending  August 3, 2002 as filed with the  Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, W. Kerry Jackson,
Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350,  as adopted  pursuant  to Section 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 financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



/s/ W. Kerry Jackson
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Chief Financial Officer
September 17, 2002