Sylvia was born on January 26, 1939 to Jose and Luz Elguezabal in Eagle Pass, Texas. She was the first of 10 children in the Elguezabal family. Sylvia attended elementary, middle school and high school in Eagle Pass. After high school she married the love of her life, James Cloud Pittman. Sylvia and James have five children. She was a stay home mother to her four daughters and one son, all while managing the family business, Sylman Electric. She was active in Our Lady of Refuge Parish and Parochial school where all five children attended both elementary and middle school. Sylvia attended Saint Joseph’s Church in Eagle Pass, and later Sacred Heart Church in Edinburg, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Cloud Pittman; her parents, Jose and Luz Elguezabal and sisters, Maria A. Burns and Carmen Elguezabal. She is survived by her daughters Elizabeth Pittman Brockway, Kathy (Luis) Pittman Mancillas, Ana (Weldon) Pittman Cude, Sylvia (Ismael) Pittman Rodriguez; and son James (Karen) Pittman, Jr. She is also survived by 9 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and siblings, Martha Burden, Rosa Maria Telles, Rosa Elia Lewis, Anna Gilmore, Jose Elguezabal, Jr., Cristina Miller and Angie Farhat. Family will receive friends on Thursday, November 7, 2019 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM with a rosary at 7 PM at Funeraria Del Angel Palm Valley in Pharr, Texas. Funeral service will be held on Friday, November 8, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Edinburg. Interment will follow at Palm Valley Memorial Gardens. While we are mourning and grieving her passing, we are comforted knowing she is in Gods hands and now our guardian angel. May she Rest In Peace.
