LOANS (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	$ 18,281	$ 18,114	$ 15,700
Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	23,606	22,966	$ 32,518
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	2,663	1,814
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	376	692
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	613	547
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	2,469	2,611
Real Estate - Commercial & Farmland [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	7,506	8,757
Real Estate - Commercial & Farmland [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	11,465	10,174
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	6,929	6,401
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	9,276	9,476
Consumer installment [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	570	595
Consumer installment [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	$ 20	$ 13