Note 15 - Fair Value - Carrying Value and Estimated Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Estimated fair value	$ 43,751	$ 58,012
Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	4,488	11,813
Estimated fair value	43,751	58,012
Loans held for sale	679	109
Loans	198,694	171,355
Accrued interest receivable	768	782
Cash value of life insurance	7,007	6,558
FHLB stock	739	514
Deposits	183,205	182,913
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance	55	36
FHLB advances	17,750	12,750
Accrued interest payable	70	37
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	4,488	11,813
Estimated fair value
Loans held for sale
Loans
Accrued interest receivable	768	782
Cash value of life insurance
FHLB stock
Deposits	95,067	106,125
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance	55	36
FHLB advances
Accrued interest payable	70	37
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents
Estimated fair value	43,751	58,012
Loans held for sale	679	109
Loans
Accrued interest receivable
Cash value of life insurance
FHLB stock
Deposits
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance
FHLB advances
Accrued interest payable
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents
Estimated fair value
Loans held for sale
Loans	199,048	171,729
Accrued interest receivable
Cash value of life insurance	7,007	6,558
FHLB stock	739	514
Deposits	87,531	76,099
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance
FHLB advances	17,505	12,597
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Fair value portion of accrued interest payable.

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Fair value portion of advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance.

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Fair value portion of the amount that could be realized under a life insurance contract or contracts owned by the entity, commonly known as corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) or bank-owned life insurance (BOLI).

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Fair value portion of deposit liabilities held by the entity, including, but not limited to, foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing, demand deposits, saving deposits, negotiable orders of withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits.

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Fair value portion of borrowing from Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.13(3)(a))
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2196772

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