Loans Loans (Summary of Change in Accretable Yield PCI Loans) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
First Century Bankshares, Inc [Member]
Summary of Change in Accretable Yield PCI Loans [Line Items]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Additions	$ 661
Purchased Impaired Loans [Member]
Summary of Change in Accretable Yield PCI Loans [Line Items]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield	803	$ 290
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Accretion	(135)
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Reclassifications from Nonaccretable Difference	0
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounting for as Debt Securities Accretable Yield Other Changes, Net	$ (13)

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of accretion recognized for the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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