Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details 6) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Loans	$ 875,312	$ 865,080
Loans Receivable
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing	66	6
Non-Accrual	3,072	4,418
Loans	875,312	865,080
Loans Receivable \| Current or Less Than 30 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	869,603	857,045
Loans Receivable \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	2,571	3,611
Loans Receivable \| Commercial, Financial, and Agricultural
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing	0	1
Non-Accrual	259	308
Loans	148,040	149,091
Loans Receivable \| Commercial, Financial, and Agricultural \| Current or Less Than 30 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	147,386	148,597
Loans Receivable \| Commercial, Financial, and Agricultural \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	395	185
Loans Receivable \| Real Estate Construction - Residential
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing	0	0
Non-Accrual	0	0
Loans	18,017	16,830
Loans Receivable \| Real Estate Construction - Residential \| Current or Less Than 30 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	18,017	16,830
Loans Receivable \| Real Estate Construction - Residential \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	0	0
Loans Receivable \| Real estate - construction - commercial
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing	0	0
Non-Accrual	52	102
Loans	36,322	33,943
Loans Receivable \| Real estate - construction - commercial \| Current or Less Than 30 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	36,270	33,472
Loans Receivable \| Real estate - construction - commercial \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	0	65
Loans Receivable \| Real Estate Mortgage - Residential
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing	58	0
Non-Accrual	1,726	2,322
Loans	254,933	256,086
Loans Receivable \| Real Estate Mortgage - Residential \| Current or Less Than 30 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	251,366	251,253
Loans Receivable \| Real Estate Mortgage - Residential \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	1,783	2,511
Loans Receivable \| Real Estate Mortgage - Commercial
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing	0	0
Non-Accrual	904	1,542
Loans	392,991	385,869
Loans Receivable \| Real Estate Mortgage - Commercial \| Current or Less Than 30 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	391,798	384,053
Loans Receivable \| Real Estate Mortgage - Commercial \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	289	643
Loans Receivable \| Installment and other consumer
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing	8	5
Non-Accrual	131	144
Loans	25,009	23,196
Loans Receivable \| Installment and other consumer \| Current or Less Than 30 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	24,766	22,840
Loans Receivable \| Installment and other consumer \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	$ 104	$ 207

Recorded investment in financing receivables that are 90 days or more past due and still accruing.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7
-Subparagraph (d)
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