Mellori Evonn Lumpkin recently graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, Fla. Ms. Lumpkin will begin pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at the University of California, Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall) in Berkeley, Calif., this fall. Ms. Lumpkin graduated as the 2005 valedictorian from Bainbridge High School. She is the daughter of Melvin and Linda B. Lumpkin.