Loans, Allowance For Credit Losses And OREO (Gross Charge-Offs by Origination Year) (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
2023
2022
2021	18
2020	17
2019
Prior	11
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	6
Total	52
Revolving Loans Converted to Term
Commercial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
2023
2022
2021
2020	17
2019
Prior	1
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis
Total	18
Revolving Loans Converted to Term
Commercial Real Estate [Member] \| Commercial Mortgages-Owner Occupied [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Prior
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis
Total
Revolving Loans Converted to Term
Commercial Real Estate [Member] \| Commercial Mortgages-Non-Owner Occupied [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Prior
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis
Total
Revolving Loans Converted to Term
Consumer [Member] \| Consumer Open-End [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Prior	7
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	6
Total	13
Revolving Loans Converted to Term
Consumer [Member] \| Consumer Closed-End [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
2023
2022
2021	18
2020
2019
Prior
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis
Total	18
Revolving Loans Converted to Term
Residential [Member] \| Residential Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Prior	3
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis
Total	3
Revolving Loans Converted to Term
Residential [Member] \| Residential Consumer Construction/Land [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Prior
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis
Total
Revolving Loans Converted to Term

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124255953&loc=SL82919249-210447

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