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 Annual Report of Shoe Carnival, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the period ending February 1, 2003 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, W. Kerry Jackson,
Senior Vice President and 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
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
May 1, 2003




A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Shoe Carnival, Inc. and will be retained by Shoe Carnival, Inc. and
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.