LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Details 18) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Contract contract	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Contract contract	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 11,004	$ 9,373	$ 1,212
Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	15	14
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 2,551	$ 658
Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	2	11
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 88	$ 883
Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	45	31
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 11,004	$ 9,373
Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	58	60
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 14,209	$ 14,418	12,759
Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	22	37
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 3,524	$ 2,232
Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	117	94
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 14,209	$ 14,418
Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts	69	59
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 3,987	$ 1,986
Covered Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | contract	15	31
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 1,417	$ 2,187	$ 15,500
Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	108	107
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 12,539	$ 13,283
Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	31	31
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 2,049	$ 2,184
Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	19	18
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 907	$ 1,335
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	1	1
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 1	$ 2
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	1	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 15	$ 21
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	0	0
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	6	7
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 58	$ 80
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	5	3
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 51	$ 37
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	4	4
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 47	$ 240
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	15	10
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 114	$ 110
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | contract	1	1
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 76	$ 1
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	0	0
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	3	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 76	$ 1
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	2	0
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 76	$ 0
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	2	1
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 540	$ 363
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	3	3
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 30	$ 42
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	1	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 9	$ 30
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	2	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 250	$ 15
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	1	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 5	$ 33
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	8	11
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 686	$ 792
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	2	3
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 34	$ 63
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | contract	0	3
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 334
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	4	4
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 818	$ 779
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	0	0
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 0
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	0	0
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 0
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	15	14
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 6,551	$ 6,214
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	4	3
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 1,844	$ 412
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	0	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 57
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	4	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 1,656	$ 2,121
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	5	3
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 2,970	$ 624
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	16	16
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 4,119	$ 5,766
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	5	3
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 2,970	$ 596
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | contract	1	3
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 468	$ 1,099
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	5	4
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 1,909	$ 1,967
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	1	3
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 558	$ 1,067
Real estate - commercial & farmland [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	0	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 145
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	25	13
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 3,906	$ 2,789
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	6	4
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 662	$ 180
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	1	6
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 79	$ 795
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	34	33
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 2,495	$ 4,992
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	5	20
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 460	$ 1,493
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	82	51
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 9,340	$ 7,574
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	15	20
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 739	$ 1,123
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | contract	13	23
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 873	$ 745
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	98	97
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 9,807	$ 10,529
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	27	26
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 1,415	$ 1,116
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	17	16
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 831	$ 1,190
Consumer installment [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	2	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 6	$ 5
Consumer installment [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	1	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 3
Consumer installment [Member] | Purchased Non Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	0	1
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 1
Consumer installment [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	12	16
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 63	$ 61
Consumer installment [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	6	9
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 38	$ 45
Consumer installment [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	7	12
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 17	$ 46
Consumer installment [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Non Covered And Covered Loan [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	32	23
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 130	$ 94
Consumer installment [Member] | Covered Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | contract	0	1
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 8
Consumer installment [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	1	2
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 5	$ 8
Consumer installment [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Non-Accruing Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	0	0
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 0
Consumer installment [Member] | Covered Loans [Member] | Financing Receivables, 30 Days Past Due [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts | Contract	0	0
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 0	$ 0