The headings and subheadings of the plan have been inserted for convenience of reference and are to be ignored in any construction of the provisions hereof. If, for any reason, any clause, sentence, subsection, or section or provision of the plan, or the application thereof, to any person, body, situation, or circumstance is held invalid or inoperative, the remainder of the plan and the application thereof to any other person, body, situation, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.197 (1975)