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 December 31, 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:  February 13, 2004                By: /s/ Susan K. Hodgson
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                                           Susan K. Hodgson, Secretary-Treasurer