UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 18, 2005






                            GOLDEN ENTERPRISES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)






             DELAWARE                  0-4339                63-0250005
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 (State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission          (IRS Employer ID No.)
          incorporation)             File Number)



                One Golden Flake Drive, Birmingham, Alabama       35205
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               (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)





       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (205) 458-7316



                                       N/A
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)








ITEM 5.01


     Change in Control of Registrant

     Sloan  Y.  Bashinsky,  Sr.  died on  August  2,  2005.  At the  time of Mr.
Bashinsky's death, he beneficially owned 6,698,172 shares of common stock of the
Company which constitutes voting control of the Company.  The stock beneficially
owned by Mr. Bashinsky was registered in and held by the following entities:

SYB, Inc.                                 5,283,128 shares

SYB, Inc. as Trustee                      1,000,000 shares
of the Sloan Y. Bashinsky,
Sr. Trust dated February 16, 1982

Bashinsky Foundation, Inc.                  400,544 shares

Sloan Y. Bashinsky, Sr.                      14,500 shares

     As a result of Mr. Bashinsky's death, and the probate of his will on August
12, 2005, the 1,000,000 shares held in the SYB, Inc. Trust and the 14,500 shares
held in his name will pass to his  Estate/Testamentary  Trust  created under his
Will.  SYB, Inc.  will  continue to own the  5,283,128  shares and the Bashinsky
Foundation, Inc. will continue to own the 400,544 shares.

     John S. Stein,  Joann F. Bashinsky and John P. McKleroy,  Jr., Directors of
the Company, each serves as a Director and officer of Bashinsky Foundation, Inc.
The stock of the Company  owned by Bashinsky  Foundation,  Inc. will be voted by
its board of directors and is not subject to the Voting Committee,  as described
below.

     John S. Stein,  Joann F. Bashinsky and John P. McKleroy,  Jr., Directors of
the Company, each serves as a director and officer of SYB, Inc. The voting stock
of SYB, Inc. is vested in the SYB, Inc. Common Stock Trust and John P. McKleroy,
Jr. serves as a Co-Trustee of this Trust.

     John  S.  Stein  and  John  P.  McKleroy,  Jr.  are  designated  under  Mr.
Bashinsky's Will as Co-Personal Representatives of his Estate and as Co-Trustees
of his Testamentary Trust.

     Mr.  Bashinsky's  Will and the SYB,  Inc.  Common Stock Trust  provide that
shares of the Company held by SYB, Inc. and his Estate/Testamentary Trust, along
with the voting  shares of SYB,  Inc.  shall be voted by a committee  made up of
each member of the Board of Directors of Golden Enterprises, Inc. and one member
designated by his Estate Personal Representatives/Trustees ("Voting Committee").
Consequently,  the  5,283,128  shares of the Company stock held by SYB, Inc. and
the   1,014,500   shares  of  the   Company   stock  held  by  Mr.   Bashinsky's
Estate/Testamentary  Trust,  all of which  constitute a majority of the stock of
the Company,  will be voted by the Voting Committee.  The decision of a majority
of the members of the Voting Committee shall govern how the stock is voted.








                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereto duly authorized. Dated August 18, 2005




                                              GOLDEN ENTERPRISES, INC.


                                              By /s/ Patty Townsend
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                                              Patty Townsend
                                              Vice President, CFO & Secretary