Any unremarried widow or widower who was the wife or husband of any person who has held the office of Governor of Alabama during such person's term of office as Governor shall be entitled to a pension of $1,200.00 per month, which shall be payable at the end of each month from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, until he or she remarries or dies.
Ala. Code § 36-13-12 (1975)