Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details 6) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, 90 Days Past Due and Still Accruing	$ 7	$ 6
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	3,647	4,418
Loans	922,942	865,080
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	916,774	857,045
30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	2,514	3,611
Commercial, financial, and agricultural
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, 90 Days Past Due and Still Accruing	0	1
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	1,237	308
Loans	160,124	149,091
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	158,398	148,597
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	489	185
Residential real estate \| Construction
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, 90 Days Past Due and Still Accruing	0	0
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	0	0
Loans	14,995	16,895
Residential real estate \| Construction \| 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	14,727	16,895
Residential real estate \| Construction \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	268	0
Residential real estate \| Mortgage
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, 90 Days Past Due and Still Accruing	0	0
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	1,417	2,322
Loans	250,588	256,086
Residential real estate \| Mortgage \| 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	247,872	251,253
Residential real estate \| Mortgage \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	1,299	2,511
Commercial real estate \| Construction
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, 90 Days Past Due and Still Accruing	0	0
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	52	102
Loans	46,218	33,943
Commercial real estate \| Construction \| 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	46,166	33,776
Commercial real estate \| Construction \| 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
Commercial real estate \| Mortgage
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, 90 Days Past Due and Still Accruing	0	0
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	841	1,542
Loans	425,124	385,869
Commercial real estate \| Mortgage \| 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	423,960	383,684
Commercial real estate \| Mortgage \| 30 - 89 Days Past Due
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing receivable, recorded investment, past due	323	643
Installment and other consumer
Aging information for the Company's past due and non-accrual loans
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, 90 Days Past Due and Still Accruing	7	5
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	100	144
Loans	25,893	23,196
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	25,651	22,840
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	$ 135	$ 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
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Recorded Investment
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65880944

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=d3e5111-111524

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65880944

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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