Loans (Recorded Investment In Financing Receivable Modified As TDR Within 12 Months) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) contracts	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) contracts
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	49	55
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 5,060	$ 660
Commercial Financial And Agricultural [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	2	6
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 4,068	$ 153
Residential Real Estate Commercial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	0	0
Residential Real Estate - Mortgage [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	4	3
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 443	$ 68
Residential Real Estate - HELOC [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	4	5
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 71	$ 68
Construction Real Estate Commercial [Domain]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	0	0
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	0	0
Construction Real Estate - Mortgage [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	1	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 77	$ 0
Construction Real Estate - Installment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	1	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 15	$ 0
Residential Real Estate - Installment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	1	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 17	$ 28
Consumer Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	36	40
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 369	$ 343
Finance Leases Financing Receivable [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of Contracts	0	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0

Number of financing receivable contracts modified as troubled debt restructuring within previous 12 months, with subsequent payment default.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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