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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-01-27</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000879123</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GOODYS FAMILY CLOTHING INC /TN</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GDYS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001326150</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Prentice Capital Management, LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>623 FIFTH AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001326156</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Zimmerman Michael</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>623 FIFTH AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, no par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-01-27</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2006-01-27</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>33000000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>9.60</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>33000000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 27, 2005, by and among Goody's Family
 Clothing, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), GF Acquisition Corp. and Goody's Holdings, Inc., GF Acquisition Corp. merged with and into
 the Company on January 27, 2006 via a short-form merger. In the merger, all outstanding shares of the Company were cancelled
 and converted into the right to receive the merger consideration of $9.60 per share, and each outstanding share of GF
 Acquisition Corp. was converted into 330,000 shares of common stock of the Company. As a result, Goody's Holdings, Inc.,
 which owned 100% of GF Acquisition Corp., now owns all 33,000,000 of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company.
 Following the consummation of the merger, the surviving corporation has terminated the registration of its shares under the
 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and such shares were delisted from the NASDAQ National Market.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Goody's Holdings, Inc., is owned in equal parts by GMM Capital LLC and PGDYS LLC. GMM Trust is the managing member of GMM
 Capital LLC, and Prentice Capital Management, LP is the managing member of PGDYS LLC. Prentice Capital Management, LP is
 deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of the securities held by Goody's Holdings, Inc. Michael Zimmerman, as the
 Managing Member of Prentice Management GP, LLC the general partner of Prentice Capital Management, LP may also be deemed to
 be the indirect beneficial owner of such securities.  The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of any and all
 such amounts in excess of such actual pecuniary interest.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Prentice Capital Management, L.P., by Charles Phillips, Chief Operating Officer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael Zimmerman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
