LOANS (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016
Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	$ 17,083	$ 18,114	$ 16,003
Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	17,357	22,966	$ 26,736
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	2,463	1,814
Commercial, financial & agricultural [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	169	692
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	770	547
Real Estate - construction & development [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	2,463	2,611
Real Estate - Commercial & Farmland [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	6,004	8,757
Real Estate - Commercial & Farmland [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	6,624	10,174
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	7,342	6,401
Real Estate - Residential [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	8,074	9,476
Consumer installment [Member] | Loans Excluding Purchased Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	504	595
Consumer installment [Member] | Purchased Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	$ 27	$ 13