Loans (Composition Of Loans Acquired At Acquisition) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Nov. 06, 2015
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Outstanding loan balance	$ 2,957,912	$ 2,862,534
Virginia Savings Bank [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Outstanding loan balance	25,520	28,914
Credit-impaired loans:
Carrying value	1,707	1,707
Contractual principal and interest	1,908	1,965
Community Bank [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Outstanding loan balance	154,832	181,545
Credit-impaired loans:
Carrying value	9,712	12,899
Contractual principal and interest	12,091	16,362
American Founders Bank [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Outstanding loan balance	95,457	112,862	$ 119,000
Credit-impaired loans:
Carrying value	0	0
Contractual principal and interest	0	0
Virginia Savings Bank, Community Financial and American Founders Bank[Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Outstanding loan balance	275,809	323,321
Credit-impaired loans:
Carrying value	11,419	14,606
Contractual principal and interest	$ 13,999	$ 18,327

The recorded balance, net of any applicable reductions (for example, unamortized accretable yield and allowance for loan losses). This relates to loans not accounted for debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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The undiscounted sum of all amounts, including amounts deemed principal, interest, fees, penalties, and other under the loan, owed to the investor at the reporting date, whether or not currently due and whether or not any such amounts have been written or charged off by the investor. This relates to loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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