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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 * PATE F WAYNE   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 _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 1309 KINGSWAY LN 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/22/2016 (Street) BIRMINGHAM, AL 35243 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 09/22/2016 09/22/2016 G(1)   11,500 D $ 0 135,885 D   Common Stock               24,653 I (2) See Footnote (3) Common Stock               5,231,128 I By SYB, Inc. (4) Common Stock               600,279 I By Testamentary Marital Trust (4)

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PATE F WAYNE 1309 KINGSWAY LN BIRMINGHAM, AL 35243	X

Signatures

/s/ F. Wayne Pate		09/23/2016
**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)	Charitable contribution to Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) entity.
(2)	Includes 32 shares owned by wife of F. Wayne Pate. Except for SEC reporting purposes, Mr. Pate has disclaimed all beneficial ownership of his wife's shares.
(3)	Owned by Individual Retirement Account(s).
(4)	As a Company Director, Mr. Pate serves on the Voting Committee created under the Last Will and Testament/Trusts and SYB, Inc. Common Stock Trust created by Sloan Y. Bashinsky, Sr. (AMr. Bashinsky@). The Voting Committee, presently made up of eight members (seven members of the Issuer=s Board of Directors and one member selected by the Personal Representatives and Trustees of Mr. Bashinsky=s Estate/Trusts), votes the shares of Issuer=s stock owned by the Marital Trust created by the Last Will and Testament of Mr. Bashinsky (ATestamentary Trust@) (600,279 Shares) and the shares owned by SYB, Inc. (5,231,128 Shares). Mr. Pate disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares. The Voting Committee has previously executed a Schedule 13D on behalf of a Voting Group of the Testamentary Trust and the SYB, Inc. Common Stock Trust.

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