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  September 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:  November 14, 2003               By:  /s/ Susan K. Hodgson
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                                           Susan K. Hodgson, Secretary-Treasurer