DELTA APPAREL INC
SC 13D, 2000-07-11
APPAREL, PIECE GOODS & NOTIONS
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                                 (Rule 13d-101)

  Information to be Included in Statements Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a) and
               Amendments Thereto Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a)

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                              (Amendment No. ___)*


                               Delta Apparel, Inc.
                                (Name of Issuer)


                                  Common Stock
                         (Title of Class of Securities)



                                   247368 10 3
                                 (CUSIP Number)


   Minor H. Mickel, Post Office Box 6721, Greenville, SC 29606 (864) 271-7171
                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
               Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)



                                  June 30, 2000
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box
________.

Note:  Schedules  filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties
to whom copies are to be sent.

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for  any  subsequent   amendment   containing   information  which  would  alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).






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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

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CUSIP No.     247368 10 3                                                                 Page   2     of       6     Pages


1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
          I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)


          Minor H. Mickel

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   2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                                                              (a) _____
          (See Instructions)                                                                                             (b) _____




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3         SEC USE ONLY


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4         SOURCE OF FUNDS*

          OO      See Note 1 in response to Item 5
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   5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                            _____


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6         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

          US
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING                            SOLE VOTING POWER
PERSON
                             7       33,741
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                                     SHARED VOTING POWER

                             8       124,063    See response to Item 5b(v)
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                                     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                             9       33,741
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                                     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                               10    124,063 See response to Item 5b(v)
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11        AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

          157,804
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   12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                            _____
          (See Instructions)

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13        PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

          6.8%
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          TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

14        IN
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ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER
----------------------------

         a.       Title and class of equity securities:

                           Common Stock

         b.       Name and address of principal executive offices of Issuer:

                           Delta Apparel, Inc.
                           3355 Breckinridge Blvd., Suite 100
                           Duluth, GA  30096

ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND
--------------------------------

         a.       Name of filing person:

                           Minor H. Mickel

         b.       Residence Address:

                           415 Crescent Avenue
                           Greenville, SC 29605

         c.       Principal occupation:

                           Private Investor

          d.   During the last five years, Mrs. Mickel has not been convicted in
               a criminal  proceeding  (excluding  traffic violations or similar
               misdemeanors).

          e.   During the last five years, Mrs. Mickel has not been a party to a
               civil  proceeding  of  a  judicial  or  administrative   body  of
               competent  jurisdiction  resulting  in a  final  judgment,  final
               decree  or  final  order  enjoining  future   violations  of,  or
               prohibiting or mandating  activities subject to, federal or state
               securities  laws or finding any  violation  with  respect to such
               laws.

         f.       Citizenship:

                           United States of America

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
----------------------------------------------------------

     The shares of common stock of Delta Apparel,  Inc. (the "Issuer")  reported
in this Schedule 13D were  distributed on June 30, 2000 to the Reporting  Person
pursuant to the  distribution  of all shares of the  Issuer's  common stock (the
"Shares")  by  Delta  Woodside  Industries,   Inc.  ("Delta  Woodside")  to  the
stockholders  of  Delta   Woodside,   including  the  Reporting   Person.   This
distribution  is more fully  described in the Form 10/A,  Amendment No. 4, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Issuer on June 8, 2000.

ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
-------------------------------

At this time, Mrs.  Mickel holds her Shares  primarily for investment and has no
plan or proposal which would result in:

     a. The acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer, or
the disposition of securities of the Issuer;
     b. An extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization
or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries;
     c. A sale or transfer  of a material  amount of assets of the Issuer or any
of its subsidiaries;
     d. Any  change in the  present  board of  directors  or  management  of the
Issuer,  including  any  plans or  proposals  to  change  the  number or term of
directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board;
     e. Any material change in the present  capitalization or dividend policy of
the Issuer;
     f.  Any  other  material  change  in the  Issuer's  business  or  corporate
structure;
     g. Changes in the Issuer's  charter,  bylaws or  instruments  corresponding
thereto or other  actions  which may impede  the  acquisition  of control of the
Issuer by any person;
     h.  Causing  a class of  securities  of the  Issuer to be  delisted  from a
national  securities  exchange or to cease to be  authorized  to be quoted in an
inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association;
     i. A class  of  equity  securities  of the  Issuer  becoming  eligible  for
termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or
     j. Any action similar to any of these enumerated above.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
---------------------------------------------

          a.   Aggregate   number  and   percentage   of  class  of   securities
               beneficially owned by the filing person:

                  Number of Shares                            Percentage

                        157,804                                   6.8%

          Mrs.  Mickel owns 33,741 shares of the Issuer's common stock directly.
     In addition, Mrs. Mickel owns one-fourth of the oustanding shares and is an
     officer and  director  of Micco  Corporation,  holder of 124,063  shares of
     common stock.  Mrs.  Mickel  disclaims  ownership of  three-fourths  of the
     shares owned by Micco Corporation.

          b.   Number of Shares as to which there is:

                  (i)      Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:

                           33,741

                  (ii)     Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

                           124,063

                  (iii)    Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition:

                           33,741

                  (iv)     Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:

                           124,063

                  (v)      Parties with whom stock powers are shared:

          Mrs.  Mickel is an officer,  director  and  one-fourth  owner of Micco
     Corporation,  holder of 124,063 shares of Delta Apparel, Inc. Common Stock.
     Mrs. Mickel  disclaims  ownership of  three-fourths  of the shares owned by
     Micco Corporation.

                                Micco Corporation

     The power to vote and to direct the disposition of 124,063 shares of common
     stock is shares with the other  executive  officers and  directors of Micco
     Corporation.   The  other   executive   officers  and  directors  of  Micco
     Corporation are as follows:

                           BUCK A. MICKEL (Vice President and Director)
                           Vice President, Micco Corporation
                           Business Address:
                           Post Office Box 6721
                           Greenville, SC 29606

                           MINOR MICKEL SHAW (President and Director)
                           President, Micco Corporation
                           Business Address:
                           Post Office Box 6721
                           Greenville, SC 29606

                           CHARLES C. MICKEL (Vice President and Director)
                           Vice President, Micco Corporation
                           Business Address:
                           Post Office Box 6721
                           Greenville, SC 29606

     The following gives certain information in regard to Micco Corporation:

                           a.  State of incorporation: South Carolina

                           b.  Principal business: Investments


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                           c.  Address of principal business and office:
                                    Post Office Box 6721
                                    Greenville, SC 29606

     During the last five years,  neither Micco Corporation nor any of the above
     individuals has been convicted in a criminal proceeding  (excluding traffic
     violations  or  similar  misdemeanors)  or has  been  a  party  to a  civil
     proceeding of a judicial or administrative  body of competent  jurisdiction
     resulting in a final judgment, final decree or final order enjoining future
     violations of, or prohibiting or mandating  activities  subject to, federal
     or state  securities  laws or finding any  violation  with  respect to such
     laws. Each of the foregoing individuals is a United States citizen.

     c.   Description of transactions in the class of securities effected during
          the past sixty days:

          None, other that the receipt of the shares as described in response to
     Item 3.

     d.   Statement  regarding right of any other person to receive or the power
          to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale
          of such securities:

          On April 30,  1999,  Micco  Corporation,  of which  Mrs.  Mickel is an
     officer,  director and one-fourth  owner,  pledged 170,000 shares of common
     stock of Delta Woodside to First Union National Bank as security for a line
     of credit in the amount of  $500,000.  Additionally,  on December 15, 1999,
     Micco Corporation  pledged an additional  279,234 shares of common stock of
     Delta  Woodside as security for the same line of credit.  The bank has also
     accepted  44,923  shares of the  Issuer's  common  stock  received by Micco
     Corporation in the transaction described in the response to Item 3 above as
     collateral  for this pledge.  Under  certain  circumstances,  the number of
     shares pledged by Micco  Corporation  may be changed.  The consent of First
     Union  National  Bank must be  obtained in order for Micco  Corporation  to
     dispose  of the  shares or to  pledge  such  shares  to any  other  entity.
     Pursuant to Rule 13d-3(d)(3), the bank is not to be treated as beneficially
     owning  any of the  shares  of  common  stock  beneficially  owned by Micco
     Corporation or Mr. Mickel.

     e.   Statement  regarding the date on which the reporting  person ceased to
          be the  beneficial  owner of more  than five  percent  of the class of
          securities:

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 6.
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Contracts,  Arrangements,  Understandings,  or  Relationships  with  Respect  to
Securities of Issuer:


     Other than the  relationships  described in response to Item 5 above (which
description  is  incorporated  herein  by  reference)  there  are  there  are no
contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) by
any  person or entity  described  in  response  to Item 2 with any  person  with
respect to any  securities of the Issuer,  including but not limited to transfer
or voting of any of the  securities,  finder's  fees,  joint  ventures,  loan or
option arrangements, put or calls, guarantees or profits, division of profits or
loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies.

ITEM 7.
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         Material to be Filed as Exhibits:


1.   Security Agreement dated April 30, 1999 between Micco Corporation and First
     Union National Bank.


2.   Letter  Agreement  dated November 22, 1999 between Micco  Corporation,  RSI
     Holdings, Inc. and First Union National Bank.



SIGNATURE

     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge  and belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.


Date:  July 10, 2000


                                               /s/ Minor H. Mickel
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                                               Minor H. Mickel



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