Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details 9) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2012 Contract
Loans that were modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts	2
Pre- Modification	$ 231,415
Post- Modification	239,440
Commercial, financial, and agricultural [Member]
Loans that were modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts	1
Pre- Modification	118,036
Post- Modification	196,061
Real estate - construction commercial [Member]
Loans that were modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts	1
Pre- Modification	43,379
Post- Modification	$ 43,379

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 33

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