LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Details 15) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	$ 2,406,877	$ 1,889,881
Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	449,623	319,654
Real Estate Construction And Development [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	244,693	161,507
Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	1,104,991	907,524
Real estate - residential [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	570,430	456,106
Consumer Installment Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	31,125	30,782
Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	137,529	$ 271,279
Covered Loans [Member] | 10 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0
Covered Loans [Member] | 15 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	$ 1,287
Covered Loans [Member] | 20 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	23,631	41,434
Covered Loans [Member] | 23 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	8,732	18,747
Covered Loans [Member] | 25 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	69,598	128,082
Covered Loans [Member] | 30 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	8,242	20,913
Covered Loans [Member] | 40 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	28,326	60,816
Covered Loans [Member] | 50 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | 60 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	5,546	21,467
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member] | 10 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member] | 15 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member] | 20 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	93	917
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member] | 23 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	52	164
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member] | 25 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	2,594	5,181
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member] | 30 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	5	4,808
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member] | 40 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	2,802	10,397
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member] | 50 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member] | 60 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	7,612	23,447
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member] | 10 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member] | 15 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	1
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member] | 20 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	800	3,184
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member] | 23 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	537
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member] | 25 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	3,907	9,406
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member] | 30 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	828	2,753
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member] | 40 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	2,077	7,566
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member] | 50 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Construction And Development [Member] | 60 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	71,226	147,627
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member] | 10 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member] | 15 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	761
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member] | 20 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	11,698	23,167
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member] | 23 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	2,957	11,404
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member] | 25 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	38,741	80,334
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member] | 30 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	2,857	5,302
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member] | 40 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	14,973	26,659
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member] | 50 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Real Estate Commercial And Farmland [Member] | 60 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	53,038	78,520
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member] | 10 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member] | 15 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	525
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member] | 20 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	10,040	14,089
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member] | 23 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	5,723	6,642
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member] | 25 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	24,345	33,124
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member] | 30 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	4,552	8,050
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member] | 40 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	8,378	16,090
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member] | 50 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Real estate - residential [Member] | 60 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	107	218
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member] | 10 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member] | 15 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member] | 20 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	77
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member] | 23 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member] | 25 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	11	37
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member] | 30 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member] | 40 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	96	104
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member] | 50 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Consumer Installment Loans [Member] | 60 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member] | 10 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member] | 15 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member] | 20 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member] | 23 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member] | 25 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member] | 30 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member] | 40 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member] | 50 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	0	0
Covered Loans [Member] | Other [Member] | 60 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans portfolio by risk grade	$ 0	$ 0