LOANS (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Excluding Purchased Non-Covered and Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	$ 16,003	$ 16,860	$ 20,740
Purchased Non-Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	15,767	13,330	17,444
Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	10,969	13,238	28,871
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Excluding Purchased Non-Covered and Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	1,829	1,302	4,067
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Purchased Non-Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	673	1,064	309
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	127	2,803	7,948
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Excluding Purchased Non-Covered and Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	1,588	1,812	1,594
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Purchased Non-Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	1,160	1,106	1,483
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	1,600	1,701	3,120
Real Estate - Commercial & Farmland [Member] | Excluding Purchased Non-Covered and Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	6,732	7,019	8,938
Real Estate - Commercial & Farmland [Member] | Purchased Non-Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	7,065	4,920	9,634
Real Estate - Commercial & Farmland [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	5,110	5,034	13,997
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Excluding Purchased Non-Covered and Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	5,434	6,278	5,650
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Purchased Non-Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	6,830	6,168	5,930
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	4,100	3,663	3,712
Consumer installment [Member] | Excluding Purchased Non-Covered and Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	420	449	491
Consumer installment [Member] | Purchased Non-Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	39	72	88
Consumer installment [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	$ 32	$ 37	$ 94