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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:12px double #000000" valign=top width=734.4><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2010 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration No. &nbsp;333-</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Washington, D.C. &nbsp;20549</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>_____________________________</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>_____________________________</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>The Dixie Group, Inc.</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=367.2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>TENNESSEE</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center>incorporation or organization)</P>
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<DIV style="width:720px"><P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>104 Nowlin Lane, Suite 101</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>Chattanooga, Tennessee &nbsp;37421</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>(423) 510-7000</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>The Dixie Group, Inc. Amended and Restated</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>2006 Stock Awards Plan</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px" align=center>(Full title of the Plan)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; font-size:12pt" align=center>Jon A. Faulkner</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>The Dixie Group, Inc.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>2208 S. Hamilton Street</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; font-size:12pt" align=center>Dalton, Georgia &nbsp;30721</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px" align=center>&nbsp;(Name and address of agent for service)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center>(423) 510-7000</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center><I>With Copies to:</I></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=734.4><P style="margin:0px" align=center>John F. Henry, Jr., Esq.</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Miller &amp; Martin PLLC</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Suite 1000, Volunteer Building</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>832 Georgia Avenue</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Chattanooga, Tennessee &nbsp;37402</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(423) 756-6600</P>
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<DIV style="width:720px"><P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a &#147;large accelerated filer&#148;, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. &nbsp;See definition of &quot;accelerated filer and large accelerated filer&quot; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. &nbsp;(Check one):</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:162px; float:left">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center>maximum</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:3px" align=center>per share(2)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center>Amount of</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:3px double #000000" valign=top width=285.533><P style="margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:3px" align=justify>Common Stock, $3.00 par value</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-left:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:3px double #000000" valign=top width=99.467><P style="margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:3px" align=center>500,000 shs.</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-left:1px solid #000000; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:3px double #000000" valign=top width=110.533><P style="margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:3px" align=center>$3.46</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-left:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:3px double #000000" valign=top width=110.467><P style="margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:3px" align=center>$1,730,000</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-left:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:3px double #000000" valign=top width=114><P style="margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:3px" align=center>$123.35</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; font-size:8pt; float:left">(1)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:8pt" align=justify>This figure represents the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock being registered hereby for issuance pursuant to the 2006 Stock Awards Plan, as amended and restated (the &#147;Plan&#148;) of The Dixie Group, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;). &nbsp;Also, there are registered an undetermined, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, number of additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable under the Plan in the event of certain changes in the outstanding shares of Common Stock or in the capital structure of the Company, including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; font-size:8pt; clear:left; float:left">(2)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:8pt" align=justify>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Securities Act Rules 457(c) and 457(h), based on the average of the high and low prices reported for the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on July 29, 2010.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; font-size:8pt; clear:left; float:left">(3)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:8pt" align=justify>Calculated pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align=justify>This Registration Statement is being filed by The Dixie Group, Inc. (&#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;) on Form S-8 for the purposes of registering 500,000 additional shares of common stock available for issuance under The Dixie Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Awards Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). &nbsp;A registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-134779) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on June 6, 2006, and is hereby incorporated by referenced into this Registration Statement.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; float:left"><B>Item 3</B>. </P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align=justify>The following documents previously filed by The Dixie Group, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), Commission File No. 0-2585, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; float:left">(1)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2009, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2010;</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; float:left">(2)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 27, 2010, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2010;</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; float:left">(3)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter ended June 26, 2010, filed with the Commission on July 30, 2010;</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; float:left">(4)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>the Registrant&#146;s other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 26, 2009; and</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; float:left">(5)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock set forth in the Company&#146;s registration statement filed with the Commission on June 22, 1987 pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating any such description.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align=justify>All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all the securities offered hereby have been sold, or deregistering all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. &nbsp;</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align=justify>Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. &nbsp;Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify><B>Exhibits.</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align=justify>The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; float:left">4.1</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>Restated Charter (incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2003)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>Amended Bylaws (incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated February 26, 2007)</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; float:left">5.1</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>Opinion of Miller &amp; Martin PLLC</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>The Dixie Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Awards Plan (previously filed with the Commission on March 9, 2010 as <U>Annex A</U> to the Proxy Statement for the Registrant&#146;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held April, 27 2010 and incorporated herein by reference)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>Consent of<B> </B>Miller &amp; Martin PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>Consent of<B> </B>Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chattanooga, State of Tennessee on July 30, 2010.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:336px" align=justify><B>THE DIXIE GROUP, INC.</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:336px" align=justify>By:<U> &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/Daniel K. Frierson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:384px" align=justify>Daniel K. Frierson</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:336px" align=justify><I>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</I></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. &nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Daniel K. Frierson and Jon A. Faulkner, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys-in-fact, to sign in his name and behalf individually and in each capacity designated below, and to file any amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><B><U>Signature</U></B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><B><U>Title</U></B></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Daniel K. Frierson</U></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left">Chairman of the Board, Director and</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>July 30, 2010</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; clear:left; float:left">Daniel K. Frierson</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:-96px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>Chief Executive Officer</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Jon A. Faulkner</U></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left">Vice President and</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>July 30, 2010</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; clear:left; float:left">Jon A. Faulkner</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:-96px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>Chief Financial Officer</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ D. Eugene Lasater</U></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left">Controller</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>July 30, 2010</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:-96px; clear:left" align=justify>D. Eugene Lasater</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ J. Don Brock </U></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left">Director</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>July 30, 2010</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:-96px; clear:left" align=justify>J. Don Brock</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Paul K. Frierson</U></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left">Director</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>July 30, 2010</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:-96px; clear:left" align=justify>Paul K. Frierson</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Walter W. Hubbard</U></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left">Director</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>July 30, 2010</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:-96px; clear:left" align=justify>Walter W. Hubbard</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Lowry F. Kline</U></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left">Director</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>July 30, 2010</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:-96px; clear:left" align=justify>Lowry F. Kline</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John W. Murrey, III</U></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:240px; float:left">Director</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px" align=justify>July 30, 2010</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:-96px; clear:left" align=justify>John W. Murrey, III</P>
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</DIV><DIV style="width:681.6px"><P style="margin:0px; page-break-before:always" align=center><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B><U>Exhibit No.</U></B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px" align=justify><B><U>Description</U></B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center>4.1</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Restated Charter (incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2003)</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center>4.2</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Amended Bylaws (incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated February 26, 2007)</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center>5.1</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Opinion of Miller &amp; Martin PLLC</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center>10.1</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px" align=justify>The Dixie Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Awards Plan (previously filed with the Commission on March 9, 2010 as <U>Annex A</U> to the Proxy Statement for the Registrant&#146;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held April 27, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference)</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center>23.1</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Consent of Miller &amp; Martin PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center>23.2</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=115.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=513.6><P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Powers of Attorney of certain officers and directors of the company (included on signature page)</P>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2010        Registration No.  333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
_____________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________________________
The Dixie Group, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
TENNESSEE
62-0183370
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
104 Nowlin Lane, Suite 101
Chattanooga, Tennessee  37421
(423) 510-7000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
The Dixie Group, Inc. Amended and Restated
2006 Stock Awards Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Jon A. Faulkner
Chief Financial Officer
The Dixie Group, Inc.
2208 S. Hamilton Street
Dalton, Georgia  30721
(Name and address of agent for service)
(423) 510-7000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With Copies to:
John F. Henry, Jr., Esq.
Miller & Martin PLLC
Suite 1000, Volunteer Building
832 Georgia Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee  37402
(423) 756-6600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a "large accelerated filer", an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
R
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to
be registered(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share(2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee(3)
Common Stock, $3.00 par value
500,000 shs.
$3.46
$1,730,000
$123.35
(1)
This figure represents the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock being registered hereby for issuance pursuant to the 2006 Stock Awards Plan, as amended and restated (the "Plan") of The Dixie Group, Inc. (the "Company").  Also, there are registered an undetermined, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, number of additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable under the Plan in the event of certain changes in the outstanding shares of Common Stock or in the capital structure of the Company, including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Securities Act Rules 457(c) and 457(h), based on the average of the high and low prices reported for the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on July 29, 2010.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is being filed by The Dixie Group, Inc. ("Company" or "Registrant") on Form S-8 for the purposes of registering 500,000 additional shares of common stock available for issuance under The Dixie Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Awards Plan (the "Plan").  A registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-134779) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 6, 2006, and is hereby incorporated by referenced into this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3
.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously filed by The Dixie Group, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), Commission File No. 0-2585, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(1)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2009, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2010;
(2)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 27, 2010, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2010;
(3)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter ended June 26, 2010, filed with the Commission on July 30, 2010;
(4)
the Registrant's other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 26, 2009; and
(5)
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock set forth in the Company's registration statement filed with the Commission on June 22, 1987 pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating any such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all the securities offered hereby have been sold, or deregistering all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Charter (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2003)
4.2
Amended Bylaws (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K dated February 26, 2007)
5.1
Opinion of Miller & Martin PLLC
10.1
The Dixie Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Awards Plan (previously filed with the Commission on March 9, 2010 as
Annex A
to the Proxy Statement for the Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held April, 27 2010 and incorporated herein by reference)
23.1
Consent of
Miller & Martin PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of
Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24
Powers of Attorney (included in Signatures page of this Registration Statement)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chattanooga, State of Tennessee on July 30, 2010.
THE DIXIE GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/Daniel K. Frierson
Daniel K. Frierson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.  Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Daniel K. Frierson and Jon A. Faulkner, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys-in-fact, to sign in his name and behalf individually and in each capacity designated below, and to file any amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Daniel K. Frierson
Chairman of the Board, Director and
July 30, 2010
Daniel K. Frierson
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jon A. Faulkner
Vice President and
July 30, 2010
Jon A. Faulkner
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ D. Eugene Lasater
Controller
July 30, 2010
D. Eugene Lasater
/s/ J. Don Brock
Director
July 30, 2010
J. Don Brock
/s/ Paul K. Frierson
Director
July 30, 2010
Paul K. Frierson
/s/ Walter W. Hubbard
Director
July 30, 2010
Walter W. Hubbard
/s/ Lowry F. Kline
Director
July 30, 2010
Lowry F. Kline
/s/ John W. Murrey, III
Director
July 30, 2010
John W. Murrey, III
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Restated Charter (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2003)
4.2
Amended Bylaws (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K dated February 26, 2007)
5.1
Opinion of Miller & Martin PLLC
10.1
The Dixie Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Awards Plan (previously filed with the Commission on March 9, 2010 as
Annex A
to the Proxy Statement for the Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held April 27, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference)
23.1
Consent of Miller & Martin PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24
Powers of Attorney of certain officers and directors of the company (included on signature page)