G.C. “Three” Blake III

By Editor | February 10, 2026 |

G.C. “Three” Blake III
Oct. 4, 1964 – Feb. 1, 2026
G. C. “Three” Blake, III was born Oct. 4, 1964, to Clinton Blake, Jr and Sylvia Williams Blake in Bogalusa, LA. He died Feb. 1, 2026, after a two-year battle with cancer.
Three attended Walthall Academy, during his childhood and teen years. He was an honor student and a three sport athlete during his school days. After graduating in 1982, he attended Southwest MS Junior College completing his degree there in 1984.
At the young age of 19, Three became a store manager for Hudson’s Salvage Center in Columbia. He then transferred as manager for stores in Bogalusa, LA; Moss Point, MS; and Gulfport. In 1986, he left Hudson’s to attend college at the University of Southern MS in Hattiesburg. While at USM, he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. He completed his degree in 1989.
In 1990, he and his brother, Jim, started to pursue their dream of drag racing. Their dragster, tuned by Three and driven by Jim, won ET-Bracket racing championship at State Capital Dragway in Baton Rouge. They then competed in ET-Bracket Racing Finals at Dallas where the team won Best Appearing Car and Team. Three was hired to work with Michael Brotherton Top Fuel Dragster and raced on the NHRA Circuit for a year.
In 1991, Three returned to Tylertown to build a Top Fuel Funny Car with Jim. They prepared to compete at match races and on the NHRA Circuit as the Wildside Racing/Blake Motorsports Funny Car from 1993 through 1998. In 1999, Three joined Gary Densham Racing Top Fuel Funny Car team as a crewman. Through friendships, he was able to travel in Australia for a month before returning to Tylertown. He went to work for Lowe’s in 1999 as an assistant manager for nine years, but never lost his love of racing, he also loved deep sea fishing.
In 2009, his son Dallion was born. They moved to Orange Beach, AL in 2017 where they could enjoy the beach and gulf anytime they wanted. While in Orange Beach, he was a boat broker and helped coach youth sports in which Dallion was involved. They also became members of Summerdale Church of Christ in Foley.
Three was preceded in death by his fathers, Clint Blake Jr. and Allen Johnson; grandparents, Rutheline and G. Clinton Blake, Sr. of Varnado, LA; Dorothy and James M. Williams of Bogalusa, LA; and Pauline and Buford Johnson of Tylertown.
He is survived by his son, Dallion James Blake; mother, Sylvia Blake Johnson; brother, Jim Blake and wife Terri; sister, Anna Platt and husband, Brad; nephews, Drew Blake and wife Brandi, and Colby Blake; nieces, Elizabeth, Rachel, and Madelyn Platt; and a great-niece, Brie Blake; and a special aunt Jean Slaughter Brown. He is also survived by Dallion’s mother, Lacy Blake and her daughters, Cami Albritton, Lynleigh Burt, and granddaughter Saylor Beth Wade.
A visitation was Feb. 7, 2026, at Capps Funeral Home, with burial following at Rushing Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Dillon Bridges, Chris Laird, Hunter Lampton, Hunter Newman, Chad Parish, and Vance Windom. Honorary pallbearer were Will Crowdus, Marc Denner, Brad Lampton, Gary Lee, Keith Platt, John Harris Porter, Paul Shultz, Chris Slaughter, and Greg Slaughter.