Fair Value (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	$ 1,366	$ 1,718
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	407	331
Fair value	7,371	8,600
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	959	1,387
Commercial & Industrial
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	513	537
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	154	36
Fair value	359	501
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	513	537
Farmland
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	0	0
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	0	0
Fair value	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	0
Non Farm, Non Residential
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	0	657
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	0	206
Fair value	0	451
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	657
Agriculture
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	370	0
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	205	0
Fair value	165	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	370	0
All Other Commercial
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	0	0
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	0	0
Fair value	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	0
First Liens
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	483	524
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	48	89
Fair value	435	435
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	483	524
Home Equity
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	0	0
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	0	0
Fair value	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	0
Junior Liens
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	0	0
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	0	0
Fair value	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	0
Multifamily
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	0	0
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	0	0
Fair value	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	0
All Other Residential
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	0	0
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	0	0
Fair value	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	0
Motor Vehicle
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	0	0
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	0	0
Fair value	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	0
All Other Consumer
Loans identified as impaired by class of loans
Carrying Value	0	0
Allowance for Loan Losses Allocated	0	0
Fair value	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0

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