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<DESCRIPTION>SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION OF PRESIDENT
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                                                                    Exhibit 32.1

                            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, William R. Thomas, President and Chairman of the Board 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/ William R. Thomas
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                                              William R. Thomas, President
                                              and Chairman of the Board




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