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The Buck family became deeply involved in the church, and Sophie enjoyed playing violin there for worship services. The children were also active members of the 4-H Club, under the leadership of Dan Owen. They participated in everything from wildlife judging to taking on service projects. Sophie\u2019s judging team and her brother Evan\u2019s team both won the national 4-H wildlife judging competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeing active and involved in church and doing 4-H really positioned us well. It gave us a huge advantage through public speaking contests, service projects, and just getting out into the community,\u201d Sophie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The siblings also ran on Riverside Christian Academy\u2019s cross-country team. By the time the Buck children were ready for college, they had all completed dual enrollment at Motlow through the Dual Enrollment Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll four of us went to different Tennessee schools,\u201d Sophie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Evan, the oldest, attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he majored in ornithology. He currently works as a bird scientist and has seven published papers on Google Scholar as the primary author. His fieldwork has taken him to Michigan, Minnesota, Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Bering Sea, where he banded ducks. He even traveled to Taiwan for a solo birding expedition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sophie\u2019s sister, Tori, attended Tennessee Tech, where she majored in pure mathematics and was commissioned directly into the Navy upon graduation. She is now a lieutenant and surface warfare officer. She also published her first novel, \u201cThe Ocean\u2019s Accomplice,\u201d at just 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrew, the youngest, is currently 21 and graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a degree in Spanish. He studied abroad in both Spain and Costa Rica and is now a flight instructor at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHaving a close family is one of the greatest blessings that I can think of,\u201d Sophie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sophie graduated from Middle Tennessee State University, where she studied graphic design and music. She taught music lessons for a year after graduation before setting off on her cross-country excursion in Spain. And now, she is a talented, classically-trained violinist and recording artist who lives in Nashville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sophie stays busy doing what she loves. She works four days a week at Franklin Pediatric Dentistry, teaches violin at Bandwagon Music on Fridays, and performs her music at wedding gigs and other events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She has released two albums in Nashville. The first is a collection of fiddle tunes \u2014 including square dance, contra dance, and Celtic. The second, \u201cIn the Garden,\u201d is a special project for Sophie. It is an instrumental recording of the hymns she grew up singing at Howell Cumberland Presbyterian Church, to which she dedicated the album. Sophie played every instrument herself \u2014 layering them throughout the songs \u2014 including violin, viola, cello, guitar, mandolin, piano, and bodhran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI grew up singing and playing at Howell Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The album has \u2018Amazing Grace,\u2019 \u2018How Great Thou Art,\u2019 \u2018In the Garden,\u2019 and just a lot of my favorite hymns that are a part of who I am,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two music videos are coming soon \u2014 one filmed in the Blue Ridge Mountains and one centered on the hymn \u201cChrist Alone.\u201d They will be released in June and September of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sophie is engaged to Ian Jacobs, a draftsman for a barndominium company. After an October wedding, she plans to join him in Lafayette \u2014 trading city life for country homesteading, where they hope to raise goats, chickens, and bees and plant a garden. But she\u2019s not stopping there \u2014 her next season also includes writing and illustrating children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m super excited to dive into that in this next season,\u201d Sophie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Buck family never stops dreaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you have a dream, I think that\u2019s something that the Lord has placed in your heart, and I just want to encourage everyone to go for it,\u201d Sophie said. \u201cProverbs 3:5-6 says, \u2018Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding\u2026 acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.\u2019 That is my testimony, and I can attest that it\u2019s true.\u201d GN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SOPHIE BUCK let the small paintbrush glide across the tiny palette, blending lush green hues with turquoise blues to capture the Cantabrian Sea on a perfect Easter morning in Spain. Sophie, one of four homeschooled children raised in Fayetteville, had embarked on an adventure of a lifetime near her 23rd birthday \u2014 walking across the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":25905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fayetteville","category-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/fayetteville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/1-5-1024x683.jpg\")
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