In favor of any resident of this state, there shall also be exempt from levy and sale, under execution or other process, any lot or lots in cemeteries or elsewhere, set apart or used as a burial place for himself or herself or family and any pew or seat in any church or other place of worship, held and occupied by him or her for the use of himself or herself or family.
Ala. Code § 6-10-5 (1975)