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 Capital  Southwest  Corporation
(the  "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended  September 30, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),
I, Susan K. Hodgson, Chief Financial Officer 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:  November 8, 2002             By:/s/ Susan K. Hodgson
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                                       Susan K. Hodgson, Chief Financial Officer