Note 11 - Restrictions on Dividends	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Disclosure of Restrictions on Dividends, Loans and Advances Disclosure [Abstract]
Restrictions on Dividends, Loans and Advances [Text Block]	Note 11: Restrictions on Dividends The Company’s principal source of funds for dividend payments is dividends received from its subsidiary bank. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, dividends received from the subsidiary bank were $7,853, $7,782 and $7,639, respectively. Substantially all of Bankshares’ retained earnings are undistributed earnings of its sole banking subsidiary, which are restricted by various regulations administered by federal bank regulatory agencies. Bank regulatory agencies restrict, without prior approval, the total dividend payments of a bank in any calendar year to the bank’s retained net income of that year to date, as defined, combined with its retained net income of the preceding two years, less any required transfers to surplus. At December 31, 2014, retained net income, which was free of such restriction, amounted to approximately $30,300.

Note 11 - Restrictions on Dividends

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Disclosure of Restrictions on Dividends, Loans and Advances Disclosure [Abstract]

Restrictions on Dividends, Loans and Advances [Text Block]

Note 11: Restrictions on Dividends

The Company’s principal source of funds for dividend payments is dividends received from its subsidiary bank. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, dividends received from the subsidiary bank were $7,853, $7,782 and $7,639, respectively.

Substantially all of Bankshares’ retained earnings are undistributed earnings of its sole banking subsidiary, which are restricted by various regulations administered by federal bank regulatory agencies. Bank regulatory agencies restrict, without prior approval, the total dividend payments of a bank in any calendar year to the bank’s retained net income of that year to date, as defined, combined with its retained net income of the preceding two years, less any required transfers to surplus. At December 31, 2014, retained net income, which was free of such restriction, amounted to approximately $30,300.