Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details 9) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012 Contract
Loans that were modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts	6
Pre- Modification	$ 984
Post- Modification	966
Commercial, financial, and agricultural [Member]
Loans that were modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts	3
Pre- Modification	297
Post- Modification	280
Real estate construction - commercial [Member]
Loans that were modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts	1
Pre- Modification	43
Post- Modification	42
Real Estate Mortgage Commercial [Member]
Loans that were modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts	2
Pre- Modification	644
Post- Modification	$ 644

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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

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7512638&loc=SL6953676-111524

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