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Loans and Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses - Loan Balances and Related ALLL (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loans individually evaluated for impairment	$ 485		$ 484
Allowance for loans collectively evaluated for impairment	12,944		12,232
Total allowance	13,429	$ 13,029	12,716	$ 12,343	$ 12,639	$ 13,833
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	26,503		25,857
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	857,924		835,861
Total loans	884,427		861,718
Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loans individually evaluated for impairment	0		0
Allowance for loans collectively evaluated for impairment	8,703		6,639
Total allowance	8,703	8,059	6,639	6,481	7,353	7,670
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	14,908		12,431
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	327,671		334,869
Total loans	342,579		347,300
Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loans individually evaluated for impairment	485		484
Allowance for loans collectively evaluated for impairment	3,343		4,625
Total allowance	3,828	4,069	5,109	4,889	4,287	5,133
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	10,151		11,107
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	440,678		412,575
Total loans	450,829		423,682
Land Development
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loans individually evaluated for impairment	0		0
Allowance for loans collectively evaluated for impairment	226		282
Total allowance	226	203	282	44	120	296
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	1,140		1,618
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	11,422		8,383
Total loans	12,562		10,001
Consumer and Single Family Mortgages
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loans individually evaluated for impairment	0		0
Allowance for loans collectively evaluated for impairment	672		686
Total allowance	672	$ 698	686	$ 929	$ 879	$ 734
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	304		701
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	78,153		80,034
Total loans	$ 78,457		$ 80,735