1950s before the city had barely begun to develop. harless was a house painter and owned a small business in grand prairie for more than four decades. anderson is a son of bennie and sandra anderson. after graduation from grand prairie high school, anderson waited tables to help to pay his expenses through the university of texas at arlington, from which he acquired in 1990 a bachelor of business administration degree in real estate. as a uta student, he was an analyst for what became the bank of america, in which capacity he handled more than thirty properties valued in excess of $60 million. for eleven years afterwards, he was employed by chicago title company, the largest company of its kind in the united states, with branch offices across the country. he later was president of the sierra title company of north texas in flower mound in denton county. he worked as a vice president of commerce land and title company until 2012 when he became senior vice president and sw regional manager of alliant national title insurance company.