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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * JONES DAVID   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GOLDEN ENTERPRISES INC [GLDC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE GOLDEN FLAKE DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/30/2016 (Street) BIRMINGHAM, AL 35205 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 09/30/2016 09/30/2016 S   2,189 D $ 12 0 D   Common Stock 09/30/2016 09/30/2016 S   2,189 D $ 12 0 I See Footnote (1) Common Stock (2) 09/30/2016 09/30/2016 S   5,231,128 (2) D $ 12 0 I By SYB, Inc. (2) Common Stock (2) 09/30/2016 09/30/2016 S   600,279 (2) D $ 12 0 I By Testamentary Marital Trust (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option

$ 3.84 (3)

09/30/2016

09/30/2016

S

35,000

04/23/2016(4)

04/09/2016

Common Stock

35,000

$ 12

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
JONES DAVID ONE GOLDEN FLAKE DRIVE BIRMINGHAM, AL 35205	X		Executive Vice President

Signatures

/s/ David A. Jones		09/30/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Owned by 401(k) Plan account for the benefit of David A. Jones.
(2)	Mr. Jones serves on the Voting Committee created under the Will of and the SYB, Inc. Common Stock Trust created by Sloan Y. Bashinsky, Sr. (AMr. Bashinsky@). The Voting Committee voted the shares of Issuer=s stock owned by the Marital Trust created by the Will of Mr. Bashinsky and the shares owned by SYB, Inc. As part of a merger of Golden Enterprises, Inc. with an unrelated entity, SYB, Inc. and the Marital Trust have sold all Shares of Common Stock of the Issuer and the Voting Committee ceased to exist. Mr. Jones disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares and proceeds therefrom.
(3)	Issuer is merging with an unrelated third party and upon merger stock options will be cancelled, whether or not vested, and the option holder will be paid an amount equal to $12.00 minus the per share exercise price multiplied by the number of stock options.
(4)	The stock options vested in two unequal installments beginning on 4/23/2016.

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