CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Interest income:
Loans, including fees	$ 112,319,700	$ 77,043,106	$ 205,537,647	$ 151,447,310
Securities:
Taxable	8,265,225	4,571,876	14,698,313	9,038,710
Tax-exempt	2,235,517	1,443,017	3,913,098	2,936,774
Federal funds sold and other	922,796	703,706	1,737,113	1,313,293
Total interest income	123,743,238	83,761,705	225,886,171	164,736,087
Interest expense:
Deposits	10,993,942	5,073,567	19,112,856	9,989,130
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	78,438	39,532	128,204	87,582
Federal Home Loan Bank advances and other borrowings	6,043,144	3,605,320	11,250,524	5,713,412
Total interest expense	17,115,524	8,718,419	30,491,584	15,790,124
Net interest income	106,627,714	75,043,286	195,394,587	148,945,963
Provision for loan losses	6,812,389	5,280,101	10,463,411	9,173,671
Net interest income after provision for loan losses	99,815,325	69,763,185	184,931,176	139,772,292
Noninterest income:
Service charges on deposit accounts	4,178,736	3,430,391	8,034,219	6,873,075
Investment services	3,110,088	2,499,719	5,931,922	4,845,319
Insurance sales commissions	1,461,160	1,192,827	3,320,050	2,898,686
Gain on mortgage loans sold, net	4,667,537	4,221,301	8,822,489	7,788,852
Gain on sale of investment securities, net	0	0	0	0
Trust fees	1,677,079	1,491,955	3,382,358	3,072,567
Income from equity method investment	8,754,718	9,644,310	16,577,455	14,791,834
Other noninterest income	11,207,239	10,232,433	19,369,658	18,298,313
Total noninterest income	35,056,557	32,712,936	65,438,151	58,568,646
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits	43,675,551	34,254,147	82,027,735	66,771,003
Equipment and occupancy	10,712,711	8,312,272	20,387,369	16,442,736
Other real estate expense	62,960	222,473	314,933	334,745
Marketing and other business development	2,126,693	1,537,843	4,005,899	2,801,204
Postage and supplies	1,122,251	1,049,842	2,318,696	2,006,929
Amortization of intangibles	1,471,568	846,615	2,667,697	1,719,830
Merger related expense	3,221,060	980,182	3,893,076	2,809,654
Other noninterest expense	9,404,755	8,727,393	18,235,520	17,108,362
Total noninterest expense	71,797,549	55,930,767	133,850,925	109,994,463
Income before income taxes	63,074,333	46,545,354	116,518,402	88,346,475
Income tax expense	19,987,812	15,758,582	33,778,834	29,594,439
Net income	$ 43,086,521	$ 30,786,772	$ 82,739,568	$ 58,752,036
Per share information:
Basic net income per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.81	$ 0.75	$ 1.64	$ 1.44
Diluted net income per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.80	$ 0.73	$ 1.62	$ 1.42
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	53,097,776	41,274,450	50,574,079	40,678,669
Diluted (in shares)	53,665,925	41,974,483	51,105,996	41,411,248